API 17-097-00496OrphanedOil well
J S Watkins 001
Oil well in St Landry County, Louisiana · operated by Midhurst 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
Nov 25, 1957
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 12, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
6,056 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-097-00496
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Port Barre
- County
- St Landry
- Coordinates
- 30.53400, -91.93132
- State record #
- 68423
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA, CO, LA
- As filed
- MIDHURST OIL CORPORATION
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F M Marks 001 | 17-097-00849 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Romain Meche 001 | 17-097-01215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Louis Miller 001 | 17-097-00860 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Heat Pump Effluent 001 | 17-097-88030 | Other status | Other type | Gilbert Carner |
| Mrs Dora Lerner Riseman Et Al 001 | 17-097-00867 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hassie Hunt Trust |
| Antoine Bajat Jr 001 | 17-097-00813 | Orphaned | Gas | Mobility Oil & Gas Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.