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API 05-075-06641OrphanedOil well

3 Richerson

Oil well in Logan County, Colorado · operated by Skelly Oil

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

Aug 13, 1957

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

5,068 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
05-075-06641
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (PA))
Type
Oil(OW)
Field
Padroni West
County
Logan
Coordinates
40.78563, -103.22084
State record #
266647

Operator

Skelly Oil

Wells operated
604
Active
22
States
AL, AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT, WY
As filed
SKELLY OIL COMPANY

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
1 (Owp) Springdale Storage05-075-05869Plugged & abandonedOther typeSpringdale Partners LLC
4 (Owp) Springdale05-075-05871Plugged & abandonedOther typeSpringdale Partners LLC
16-3 Baney-State05-075-09257ActiveOilStrachan Exploration Inc
16-2 Baney-State05-075-09250Shut-inOilStrachan Exploration Inc
16-4 Baney-State05-075-09275Plugged & abandonedOther typeKn Energy Inc
1-17 Baney05-075-09266Plugged & abandonedOther typeKn Energy Inc

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