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API 17-017-05138OrphanedOil well

Bell D 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

Dec 5, 1955

Drilling began

Completion

Jan 16, 1956

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
17-017-05138
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Greenwood-Waskom
County
Caddo
Coordinates
32.51206, -94.03549
State record #
58460

Operator

John R Vitale

Wells operated
5
Active
0
States
LA

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Agurs 00117-017-33478Plugged & abandonedOther typeFite Oil And Gas, Inc.
M A Hudson 00117-017-05645Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
G M Agurs 00117-017-02734Plugged & abandonedGasW. C. Feazel
George M Agurs 00117-017-24061Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
W B Hudson 001LA:15018Other statusOther typeInactive Operator
Paluxy Sue;j W Hudson Et Al 00417-017-23635Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator

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