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API 17-101-00104OrphanedOil well

Hertel A 003

Oil well in St Mary County, Louisiana · operated by Edgewater 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

Jan 14, 1939

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

1,130 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-101-00104
Status
Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Charenton
County
St Mary
Coordinates
29.88731, -91.51362
State record #
22343

Operator

Edgewater Oil

Wells operated
92
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
EDGEWATER OIL CO. INC.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Fairfax-Foster 00117-101-21213Plugged & abandonedOther typeOdell Patterson
Ll&e-Fairfax Bailey Et Al 00117-101-21141Plugged & abandonedOther typeLa. Land & Expl. Co.
Thomas C Lawless 00117-101-00729Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Swd 00317-101-88005Plugged & abandonedOther typeHilcorp Energy Company
W P Foster Etal 00117-101-02223Plugged & abandonedGasArco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co
Mrs Jules Godchaux Et Al 003-D17-101-00695Plugged & abandonedGasHilcorp Energy Company

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