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
- Wells operated
- 6
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- BKV VENTURES, LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Miller Et Al 001 | 17-001-21306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O. D. Maybrier |
| Ozeman Ardoin 003 | 17-001-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Macabees 001 | 17-001-00066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conoco Inc. |
| Tw Rb Sua;richie Land Co 001 | 17-001-22260 | Active | Gas | Zachry Exploration, LLC |
| E Frey 001 | 17-001-20429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apco Oil Corporation |
| Vud;ovena B Sonnier 001 | 17-001-21329 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Two Bayous, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.