Who operates Orleans Levee Board 040?

Orleans Levee Board 040 (API 17-075-01523) is operated by Humble Oil And Refining Co. according to the Louisiana regulator's registry.

Is Orleans Levee Board 040 plugged or still active?

Orleans Levee Board 040 is plugged and abandoned (plugged Nov 4, 1939).

Orleans Levee Board 040 is in Plaquemines County, Louisiana at 29.49952, -89.69137, in the Potash field.

API 17-075-01523Plugged & abandonedOther type well

Spud date

Sep 6, 1939

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 4, 1939

Plug date

Nov 4, 1939

Total depth

6,224 ft

As published by the state

API #: 17-075-01523
Status: Plugged & abandoned(state code: DRY AND PLUGGED NO PRODUCT SPECIFIED)
Type: Other type(00)
Field: Potash
County: Plaquemines
Coordinates: 29.49952, -89.69137
State record #: 22611

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Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Lw 6700 B Ra Su;sl 212 077	17-075-02009	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Exxon Corporation
P-P-3 Rb Sua;bld-Cm 021	17-075-24497	Shut-in	Oil	Hilcorp Energy Company
E Cockrell Jr Etal 116	17-075-20355	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Phillips Petroleum Co.
Cockrell-Moran Swd 196	17-075-23977	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Hilcorp Energy Company
O 1 Ra Sua;cockrell Moran 001	17-075-23557	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	La. Land & Expl. Co.
Sl 212 164	17-075-24597	Shut-in	Oil	Hilcorp Energy Company

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.