API 17-017-03571OrphanedOil well
M G Bell A 001
Oil well in Caddo County, Louisiana · operated by John R Vitale
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
Oct 17, 1955
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 27, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,428 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-017-03571
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: UNABLE TO LOCATE WELL-NO PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Greenwood-Waskom
- County
- Caddo
- Coordinates
- 32.50856, -94.03369
- State record #
- 58801
Operator
- Wells operated
- 5
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nettie Soniat 012 | 17-017-23274 | Other status | Other type | Crystal Oil And Land Company |
| Pxy Sug;n Soniat 001 | 17-017-23512 | Orphaned | Gas | Eagle Oil Management Co., LLC |
| Pxy Vud;agurs 002 | 17-017-33834 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fite Oil And Gas, Inc. |
| Well 42-203-31977 | 42-203-31977 | Active | Injection | — |
| Pxy Su65;w B Hudson 003 | 17-017-31515 | Other status | Other type | Elgie Company, Inc. |
| Well 42-203-01640 | 42-203-01640 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.