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API 17-725-00063OrphanedOil well

Sl 2511 003

Oil well in Plaquemines County, Louisiana · operated by H & W Oil & Gas

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

Nov 7, 1957

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 28, 1957

Plug date

Total depth

6,350 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-725-00063
Status
Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Main Pass Block 25
County
Plaquemines
Coordinates
29.51412, -89.40546
State record #
68327

Operator

H & W Oil & Gas

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
H & W OIL & GAS COMPANY INC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Sl 13383 00217-725-20435Other statusOther typePrairie Producing Company
Sl 13383 00617-725-20431Plugged & abandonedGasCommerce Energy, Inc.
12700 Ra Sua;sl 195-3 00117-075-23403Plugged & abandonedGasKarbuhn Oil Company
John Vaccaro A 00217-075-22919Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Sl 16770 00217-725-20611Plugged & abandonedOther typeAmerada Hess Corporation
Edwin A Smith Et Al Unit 1 00117-075-01415Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator

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