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API 17-047-00267OrphanedOil well

Gay Union Corporation 026

Oil well in Iberville County, Louisiana · operated by Metairie Energy

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

May 30, 1955

Drilling began

Completion

Jun 11, 1955

Plug date

Total depth

3,865 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-047-00267
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Bayou Choctaw
County
Iberville
Coordinates
30.31500, -91.30242
State record #
56606

Operator

Metairie Energy

Wells operated
15
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
METAIRIE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Mi Sua;schwing-Levert 001-D17-047-20043OrphanedOilSun Resources, Inc.
Schwing-Levert 117-047-21016Plugged & abandonedOther typeTellus Operating Group, LLC
Schwing-Levert 00117-047-21035Plugged & abandonedOther typeLlog Exploration Company, L.L.C.
Marg I Sub;ipsb 003-D17-047-20065Plugged & abandonedOilEkberg-Sinclair & Associates
Dow Chemical Co 00117-047-20853Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Stanley W Jones 00117-047-20087Plugged & abandonedOther typeAn-Son Corporation

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