API 17-097-00407OrphanedOil well
Josephine Watkins 001-D
Oil well in St Landry County, Louisiana · operated by Utah 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
Apr 9, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
May 8, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
6,032 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-097-00407
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: UNABLE TO LOCATE WELL-NO PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Port Barre
- County
- St Landry
- Coordinates
- 30.53350, -91.93212
- State record #
- 90345
Operator
- Wells operated
- 311
- Active
- 213
- States
- KS, LA, UT, WY
- As filed
- UTAH OIL CORPORATION
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Meche 001 | 17-097-20170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| F M Marks 001 | 17-097-00849 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Mrs I M Oge 001a | 17-097-00811 | 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 |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.