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API 17-101-00073OrphanedOil well

W C Hertel A 003-A

Oil well in St Mary County, Louisiana · operated by Edgewater Oil

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

Feb 3, 1939

Drilling began

Completion

Feb 14, 1939

Plug date

Total depth

1,814 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-101-00073
Status
Orphaned(state code: PLUGGED AND ABANDONED OIL)
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Charenton
County
St Mary
Coordinates
29.88931, -91.51272
State record #
22105

Operator

Edgewater Oil

Wells operated
92
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
EDGEWATER OIL CO. INC.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Joseph Pillaro Et Al Unit 00117-101-00692Plugged & abandonedOilInactive Operator
Alice C Plantation 001-A17-101-00727Plugged & abandonedOther typeQuintana Petroleum Corp.
Lucia Swd 00117-101-88004Plugged & abandonedOther typeHilcorp Energy Company
F F Bailey Etal 00117-101-01933Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Frank Ficarotto Et Al 001d17-101-00690Plugged & abandonedOther typeHilcorp Energy Company
L Su E; J. Lucia Et Al 00317-101-00691Plugged & abandonedOilMonsanto Oil Company

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