API 17-017-03484OrphanedOil well
Minnie Bell 002
Oil well in Caddo County, Louisiana · operated by John R Vitale
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
Sep 19, 1964
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 27, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
—
Registry record
- API #
- 17-017-03484
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Greenwood-Waskom
- County
- Caddo
- Coordinates
- 32.52246, -94.02459
- State record #
- 105137
Operator
- Wells operated
- 5
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well 42-203-20097 | 42-203-20097 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| D Simpson 005 | 17-017-23097 | Orphaned | Oil | Rooster Production, LLC |
| Pxy Su D;n Son T 003 | 17-017-23958 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elgie Company, Inc. |
| Pxy Sud;n Soniat 004 | 17-017-24108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elgie Company, Inc. |
| Lizzie Simpson Paluxy Unit E E-1 | LA:74968 | Other status | Other type | Arkla Energy Resources |
| Soniat Et Al 009 | 17-017-03758 | Orphaned | Oil | Spicy Daugx Operators Louisiana LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.