API 04-029-08765OrphanedOil well
Needham-Bloemer 16
Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Citadel Exploration
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 #
- 04-029-08765
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Active))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41441, -118.90899
- State record #
- 107607
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Citadel Exploration Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nance 3 | 04-029-14201 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Sevenex 3 | 04-029-14314 | Shut-in | Oil | Golden Valley Energy, LLC |
| Lawson-Bennet 26-1 | 04-029-00774 | Active | Oil | C & M Oil Co. & Investments |
| Nance 4 | 04-029-00542 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Bloemer 1 | 04-029-00929 | Active | Oil | Caballero Operations LLC |
| Apoc 1 | 04-030-02361 | Other status | Oil | Antelope Plateau Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.