API 04-029-51893OrphanedOil well
Needham-Bloemer 37
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 #
- 04-029-51893
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41380, -118.91123
- State record #
- 107632
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F & S 1a | 04-029-14691 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sequoia Exploration, Inc. |
| Lawson-Bennett 1 | 04-029-04589 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arco Western Energy Co. |
| McCulloch-Mark Morris-Dorman 2 | 04-029-06236 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Harter Family Trust of 1995 |
| Lawson-Bennett 6 | 04-029-83706 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Virsal Oil Company |
| Haddad-Baker 2 | 04-029-46683 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | G E Kadane & Sons |
| Sofro-West 12X | 04-029-44613 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | E. A. Bender, Operator |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.