API 04-111-03198OrphanedOil well
Richardson Ranch 1
Oil well in Ventura County, California · operated by Shamrock 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
Nov 13, 1944
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-111-03198
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- South Mountain
- County
- Ventura
- Coordinates
- 34.34017, -119.03918
- State record #
- 224676
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 6
- States
- CA, IL, KS, MS
- As filed
- Shamrock Drilling Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGrath 11 1 | 04-111-05748 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Van 1 | 04-111-21657 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B. Warren Vinetz |
| Well No. 1 | 04-111-05696 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Camarillo Ref. & Petro. Co. |
| Diedrich 1 | 04-111-05772 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Well No. 2 | 04-111-05697 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Camarillo Ref. & Petro. Co. |
| Joe Schuck 1 | 04-111-05713 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Joe Schuck |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.