API 17-033-00115OrphanedOil well
Knox-Amiss-Farnbacher A-2
Oil well in East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana · operated by Merl Wiggins Et Al
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
Jul 26, 1946
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 4, 1946
Plug date
—
Total depth
9,380 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-033-00115
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- University
- County
- East Baton Rouge
- Coordinates
- 30.39920, -91.17811
- State record #
- 32061
Operator
- Wells operated
- 13
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O A C C 001 | 17-047-20888 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Opdenweyer-Alcus Cypress Co 001 | 17-047-20595 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Radzewicz Operating Corp. |
| Opdenweyer-Alcus Cypress Co 004 | 17-047-20682 | Other status | Other type | Tipperary Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Sl 4994 001 | 17-047-20089 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P. R. Rutherford |
| Clara B Broussard Et Al 001 | 17-047-20473 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pel-Tex Oil Company, Inc. |
| Keller-Planche 001 | 17-047-20202 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Dow Chemical Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.