API 04-029-40478OrphanedOil well
Needham-Bloemer 36
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 #
- 04-029-40478
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41500, -118.91266
- State record #
- 107631
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Morris-Harris 4 | 04-029-06234 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Harter Family Trust of 1995 |
| Socony Mobil KCL 21-27 | 04-029-32233 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Wells 1 | 04-029-14687 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wood-Callahan |
| Weedpatch 2 | 04-029-06506 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Fox Bristol 2 | 04-029-14435 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountain View Oil Corp. |
| Weedpatch 6 | 04-029-06510 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.