API 17-017-08784OrphanedOil well
Bickham 018
Oil well in Caddo County, Louisiana · operated by Ross 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.
Spud date
Apr 26, 1953
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 22, 1953
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,538 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-017-08784
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Caddo Pine Island
- County
- Caddo
- Coordinates
- 32.78660, -93.92106
- State record #
- 48619
Operator
- Wells operated
- 156
- Active
- 15
- States
- AR, KY, LA, PA, WV
- As filed
- ROSS EXPLORATION, INC.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G H Woolf-Grimes 006 | 17-017-03433 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lanford Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Dickson 001 | 17-017-20820 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Thigpen-Herold 003 | 17-017-02917 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| G H Woolf-Grimes 008 | 17-017-21583 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lanford Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Caddo Levee Board 001 | 17-017-03583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Standke 2 | 17-017-33036 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Moransco Energy Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.