API 04-083-21827OrphanedOil well
Nicholson 253-9
Oil well in Santa Barbara County, California · operated by Hvi Cat Canyon
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 #
- 04-083-21827
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Santa Maria Valley
- County
- Santa Barbara
- Coordinates
- 34.87502, -120.35510
- State record #
- 221004
Operator
- Wells operated
- 282
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- HVI Cat Canyon, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monighetti 7-21 | 04-083-22648 | Shut-in | Oil | PRE Resources, LLC |
| Castillo-Ross & Howe 1-19 | 04-083-22279 | Orphaned | Oil | Temblor Petroleum Co. LLC |
| Castillo-Ross & Howe 2-19 | 04-083-22388 | Orphaned | Oil | Temblor Petroleum Co. LLC |
| Careaga 1 | 04-083-20380 | Active | Injection | PRE Resources, LLC |
| Hunter-Barca 1 | 04-083-21986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coastal Oil and Gas Corporation |
| Core Hole Careaga 1 | 04-083-04531 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. N. Phillips |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.