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API 05-087-07159OrphanedOil well

4-23 Wirth

Oil well in Morgan County, Colorado · operated by Sunset Plugging & Equipment

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

Jan 20, 1971

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

6,540 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
05-087-07159
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (PA))
Type
Oil(OW)
Field
Loam
County
Morgan
Coordinates
40.52238, -103.91150
State record #
226423

Operator

Sunset Plugging & Equipment

Wells operated
57
Active
0
States
CO
As filed
SUNSET PLUGGING & EQUIPMENT INC

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Gz State05-087-07701Plugged & abandonedOther typeRegal Petroleum Ltd
2 Billings05-087-07733Plugged & abandonedOther typeEnergy Minerals Corp
1-A Lamborn05-087-06483Plugged & abandonedOther typePexoil Company
1 State K05-087-06485Plugged & abandonedOther typePetroleum Inc
14a State05-087-07783Plugged & abandonedOther typeRegal Petroleum Ltd
1 State Cz05-087-07586Plugged & abandonedOther typeRegal Petroleum Ltd

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