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API 17-031-20592OrphanedOil well

Smith 001

Oil well in De Soto County, Louisiana · operated by Monte Carlo Exploration

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

Jul 22, 1976

Drilling began

Completion

Aug 28, 1976

Plug date

Total depth

3,030 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-031-20592
Status
Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Red River-Bull Bayou
County
De Soto
Coordinates
32.01197, -93.46098
State record #
152596

Operator

Monte Carlo Exploration

Wells operated
12
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
MONTE CARLO EXPLORATION INC.

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
John P Barron 00717-031-03139ActiveOilGrogan Field Production, L.L.C.
B L Brown 00317-031-03123Plugged & abandonedOilBrickland Corporation
John P Barron 008LA:75714ActiveOilGrogan Field Production, L.L.C.
Ruffin 00117-031-20760Plugged & abandonedOilJeems Bayou Production Corp.
W T Downs 00517-069-20243Other statusOther typeInactive Operator
Martin Timber Co 00117-069-20073Plugged & abandonedOther typeFite Oil And Gas, Inc.

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