API 04-025-00042OrphanedOil well
Melson 1
Oil well in Imperial County, California · operated by Dh Wood
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 #
- 04-025-00042
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Any Field
- County
- Imperial
- Coordinates
- 33.22738, -115.35398
- State record #
- 1643
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- D. H. Wood
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease by Irex Oil Co. 1 | 04-025-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Irex Oil Co. |
| Barth 1 | 04-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barth Oil Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.