API 04-029-08750OrphanedOil well
Vedder-Parkford 3
Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Valid Energy
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 #
- 04-029-08750
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Kern Bluff
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.41805, -118.91495
- State record #
- 107622
Operator
- Wells operated
- 20
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Valid Energy Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease by John S. Hagestad 1 | 04-029-14327 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | John S. Hagestad |
| Crawford 20 | 04-029-14160 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Columbia Oil Co. |
| Archibald 2 | 04-029-58417 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coulter Petroleum |
| McCulloch-Mark Morris-Handel A-2 | 04-029-06230 | Shut-in | Injection | Ballard Oil Inc. |
| Mark Morris 8 | 04-029-06215 | Shut-in | Oil | Ballard Oil Inc. |
| Kern Investment 3 | 04-029-06446 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.