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API 17-085-20358OrphanedGas well

N E Blankenship 001

Gas well in Sabine County, Louisiana · operated by Satellite Petroleum

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

Aug 24, 1977

Drilling began

Completion

Sep 12, 1977

Plug date

Total depth

3,600 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-085-20358
Status
Orphaned(state code: SHUT-IN PRODUCTIVE -FUTURE UTILITY GAS)
Type
Gas(20)
Field
Bayou San Miguel
County
Sabine
Coordinates
31.76707, -93.55479
State record #
155517

Operator

Satellite Petroleum

Wells operated
10
Active
0
States
LA

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Bauer Et Al 00217-085-20614OrphanedOther typeAmeritech Oil & Gas Corp.
4 L Lbr Co 02917-085-01374Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Douglas Heard 00117-085-01323Plugged & abandonedOilInactive Operator
W Tramel 00117-085-01358Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
S M Newton 00117-085-03071Plugged & abandonedOilInactive Operator
S M Newton 00117-085-03072Plugged & abandonedOilInactive Operator

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