API 17-055-00192Plugged & abandonedOil well
Tortue 001
Oil well in Lafayette County, Louisiana · operated by Monsanto Oil
Spud date
Aug 13, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 7, 1957
Plug date
Aug 25, 1965
Total depth
13,525 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-055-00192
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Broussard
- County
- Lafayette
- Coordinates
- 30.16670, -91.91723
- State record #
- 62425
Operator
- Wells operated
- 103
- Active
- 0
- States
- AR, CO, LA, MS, NM
- As filed
- MONSANTO OIL COMPANY
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| Lloyd J Viator Jr Et Al 001 | 17-045-20729 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aspen Exploration |
| Easton Patout 001 | 17-099-01140 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B. M. Hester |
| Lee Roy Sweezy 001 | 17-113-21087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Dow Chemical Co. |
| All Ra Sua;raymond Dore 001 | 17-045-20957 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Quintana Petroleum Corp. |
| Sweezy /A/ 001 | 17-113-20455 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| L R Sweezy Swd 001 | 17-113-88007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Dow Chemical Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.