API 04-029-08772OrphanedOil well
Needham-Bloemer 27
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 #
- 04-029-08772
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Active))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41561, -118.91042
- State record #
- 107617
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clendenen 1 | 04-029-14192 | Shut-in | Oil | Caballero Operations LLC |
| Newbery-Gibson 1 | 04-029-04743 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Mettler & Sons 2 | 04-029-06502 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Greevue Corp. |
| Kundert 1 | 04-029-14525 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Camtex Industries, Inc. |
| Kundert 51X | 04-029-42829 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Green Oil Company |
| Slininger 1 | 04-029-06469 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oryx Energy Company |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.