API 04-059-00976OrphanedOil well
Norris 1
Oil well in Orange County, California · operated by Explorers Drilling
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.
Spud date
Feb 19, 1934
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-059-00976
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Any Field
- County
- Orange
- Coordinates
- 33.66785, -117.93015
- State record #
- 1529
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Explorers Drilling Co.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine Beach 1 | 04-059-01147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Irvine 1 | 04-059-01205 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Irvine Four 51-130-R | 04-059-01133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Irvine Four 51-130 | 04-059-01132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Irvine 3 | 04-059-01207 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Irvine 2 | 04-059-01206 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.