API 17-119-00299OrphanedOil well
Vua;j B Elkins Et Al A 001
Oil well in Webster County, Louisiana · operated by Dossie Dews
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 23, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 28, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,115 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-119-00299
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: SHUT-IN PRODUCTIVE -FUTURE UTILITY OIL)
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Shongaloo, North-Red Rock
- County
- Webster
- Coordinates
- 32.99764, -93.32178
- State record #
- 62112
Operator
- Wells operated
- 43
- Active
- 7
- States
- LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges 001 | 17-119-00527 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Vua;kilpatrick 001 | 17-027-21594 | Shut-in | Gas | Stroud Production LLC |
| Hodges-Crichton 001-P | 17-119-00520 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Rc & Ag Davis Et Al 001 | 17-119-00586 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| C B Wise 001 | 17-119-00585 | Other status | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Cv Jrn Su;cvoc Ohio Hodges 003 | 17-119-00521 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marathon Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.