API 17-031-20596OrphanedOil well
Varner 002
Oil well in De Soto County, Louisiana · operated by Trans Gulf Petroleum
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
Aug 12, 1976
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 24, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,875 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-031-20596
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Red River-Bull Bayou
- County
- De Soto
- Coordinates
- 31.98877, -93.47789
- State record #
- 152863
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- TRANS-GULF PETROLEUM CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callon 001 | 17-031-20557 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burk Royalty Co. |
| R P Bufkin 002 | 17-031-22330 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mich-La Oil & Gas Exploration |
| Bufkin 001 | 17-031-20953 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jeems Bayou Production Corp. |
| Gr Pxy Ives Su;wiamet Ind Inc 002-1 | 17-031-20819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jeems Bayou Production Corp. |
| Callon 003 | 17-031-20938 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burk Royalty Co. |
| S B Evans 001 | 17-069-20042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trans-Gulf Petroleum Corp |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.