API 17-727-20405OrphanedOil well
Big 2 Ra Sua;sl 6618 001
Oil well in St Bernard County, Louisiana · operated by Cox Operating
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 20, 1987
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
7,000 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-727-20405
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Chandeleur Sound Block 71
- County
- St Bernard
- Coordinates
- 29.70299, -89.39535
- State record #
- 206552
Operator
- Wells operated
- 265
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- COX OPERATING, L.L.C.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sl 16684 001 | 17-725-20610 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Sl 13952 001 | 17-725-20471 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callon Offshore Production Inc |
| State Lease 2362 001 | 17-725-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Sl 15531 001 | 17-725-20541 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Century Exploration N.O., Inc. |
| Sl 7895 002 | 17-726-20341 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Samedan Oil Corporation |
| State Lease 1218 A-1 | 17-726-00123 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr-Mcgee Oil Industries Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.