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API 17-039-20403OrphanedGas well

Joseph Fontenot Estate 001

Gas well in Evangeline County, Louisiana · operated by Bkv Ventures

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

Apr 10, 2003

Drilling began

Completion

May 1, 2003

Plug date

Total depth

8,426 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-039-20403
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Gas(20)
Field
Basile, East
County
Evangeline
Coordinates
30.54487, -92.53819
State record #
227995

Operator

Bkv Ventures

Wells operated
6
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
BKV VENTURES, LLC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
T Miller Et Al 00117-001-21306Plugged & abandonedOther typeO. D. Maybrier
Ozeman Ardoin 00317-001-00070Plugged & abandonedOilInactive Operator
Macabees 00117-001-00066Plugged & abandonedOther typeConoco Inc.
Tw Rb Sua;richie Land Co 00117-001-22260ActiveGasZachry Exploration, LLC
E Frey 00117-001-20429Plugged & abandonedOther typeApco Oil Corporation
Vud;ovena B Sonnier 00117-001-21329Plugged & abandonedOther typeTwo Bayous, Inc.

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