Who operates Maple Creek 3?

Maple Creek 3 (API 04-111-02771) is operated by Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC according to the California regulator's registry.

Is Maple Creek 3 plugged or still active?

Maple Creek 3 is a documented ORPHANED well — unplugged with no solvent operator of record.

Where is Maple Creek 3 located?

Maple Creek 3 is in Ventura County, California at 34.47953, -118.88980, in the Sespe field.

API 04-111-02771OrphanedOil well

Maple Creek 3

Oil well in Ventura County, California · operated by Freeport Mcmoran Oil & Gas

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.

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Registry record

API #: 04-111-02771
Status: Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type: Oil(OG)
Field: Sespe
County: Ventura
Coordinates: 34.47953, -118.88980
State record #: 223776

Operator

Freeport Mcmoran Oil & Gas

Wells operated: 382
Active: 1
States: CA, LA
As filed: Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC

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Nearby wells

Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Shaw 3	04-111-00348	Active	Oil	CalNRG Operating, LLC
Geis-Robertson 1	04-111-00447	Active	Oil	CalNRG Operating, LLC
Vancouver Fee 2	04-111-00360	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Bardsdale-Bell 2	04-111-00384	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	CalNRG Operating, LLC
Elkins 3	04-111-00353	Shut-in	Oil	Thompson Oil Company, Inc.
Elkins 2	04-111-00308	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	HDT Inc.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.