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API 04-059-01003OrphanedOil well

Whittier-Des Moines 1

Oil well in Orange County, California · operated by Hualde Ranch

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 #
04-059-01003
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Any Field
County
Orange
Coordinates
33.91993, -117.96712
State record #
1716

Operator

Hualde Ranch

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
CA
As filed
Hualde Ranch Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Larson 104-059-01030Plugged & abandonedOther typeKB Home Coastal Inc.
Lease by Shell Western E&P Inc. 104-059-01124Plugged & abandonedOther typeShell Western E&P Inc.
Thomas 104-059-01072Plugged & abandonedOther typeLindley C. Morton
Nel-Cal-Lu Community 104-059-01259Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Oliver-Orange 104-059-01262Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Foiles 104-059-00430Plugged & abandonedOilSun Exploration & Production Co.

Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.