API 04-029-08780OrphanedOil well
Needham-Bloemer 40
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 #
- 04-029-08780
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Active))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41682, -118.90888
- State record #
- 107637
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenneco West Lamont 58X-22 | 04-029-82030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Channel Exploration Company |
| Mark Morris 1 | 04-029-44635 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ed Green |
| Huckeba 5 | 04-029-14171 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Arver 7 | 04-029-81456 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | W. D. Newsom Consulting |
| Kane-Ross 1 | 04-029-00653 | Orphaned | Oil | Sunray Petroleum, Inc. |
| Vineyard 3 | 04-029-14174 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caballero Operations LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.