API 04-111-06221OrphanedOil well
Tar Creek 20
Oil well in Ventura County, California · operated by Hinkle 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 #
- 04-111-06221
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Sespe
- County
- Ventura
- Coordinates
- 34.50809, -118.88721
- State record #
- 223756
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Hinkle Exploration Ltd.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well No. 4 | 04-111-00653 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Winnipeg Oil Co. |
| Well No. 12 | 04-111-00639 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercury Oil Co. |
| Sloan 12 | 04-111-00134 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Intercontinental Tech Group, Inc. |
| Sloan 1 | 04-111-00618 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Intercontinental Tech Group, Inc. |
| Well No. 5 | 04-111-00635 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercury Oil Co. |
| Sloan 6 | 04-111-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Intercontinental Tech Group, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.