API 04-037-18938OrphanedOil well
Lease by Whitley Oil Refining Co. 3
Oil well in Los Angeles County, California · operated by Whitley Oil Refining
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
Oct 14, 1919
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-037-18938
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Whittier
- County
- Los Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.00236, -118.05606
- State record #
- 234294
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Whitley Oil Refining Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal 1 | 04-037-06105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Hiltscher 1 | 04-059-20689 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John B. Quinn |
| Lease by Gaston A. Bastanchury 1 | 04-059-00874 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gaston A. Bastanchury |
| Macomber 1 | 04-059-21555 | Orphaned | Oil | American Oilfield Co. |
| Millard 1 | 04-037-06197 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vanco Development Co., Ltd. |
| Emery Trust 1 | 04-059-01194 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.