Who operates Sl 1998 039?

Sl 1998 039 (API 17-726-20140) is operated by Texas Petroleum Investment Company according to the Louisiana regulator's registry.

Is Sl 1998 039 plugged or still active?

Sl 1998 039 is listed as shut-in in the state registry.

Sl 1998 039 is in Plaquemines County, Louisiana at 29.57930, -89.12703, in the Breton Sound Block 20 field.

API 17-726-20140Shut-inOther type well

Spud date

Feb 11, 1978

Drilling began

Completion

Mar 10, 1978

Plug date

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Total depth

6,200 ft

As published by the state

API #: 17-726-20140
Status: Shut-in(state code: TEMPORARILY ABANDONED WELL NO PRODUCT SPECIFIED)
Type: Other type(00)
Field: Breton Sound Block 20
County: Plaquemines
Coordinates: 29.57930, -89.12703
State record #: 156725

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Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Vub;sl 17691 001	17-726-20554	Active	Oil	Southern Oil Of Louisiana LLC
Sl 17297 001	17-726-20543	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Amerada Hess Corporation
Sl 4771 001	17-726-00281	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	La. Land & Expl. Co.
Sl 16736 001	17-726-20565	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Century Exploration N.O., Inc.
Sl 4771 001	17-726-00313	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Inactive Operator
Sl 4771 003	17-726-00282	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Inactive Operator

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