API 17-075-00325OrphanedOther type well
Verm Bay Ld & Cockrell Jr Et A 003
Other type well in Plaquemines County, Louisiana · operated by John W Mecom Et Al
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
Feb 26, 1959
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 26, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
18,124 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-075-00325
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Other type(00)
- Field
- Wildcat-So La New Orleans Dis
- County
- Plaquemines
- Coordinates
- 29.52152, -89.89728
- State record #
- 74019
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E Cockrell Jr A 068d | 17-075-01957 | Other status | Other type | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| E Cockrell Jr A 073 | 17-075-01931 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Sl 212 A 006 | 17-075-02005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swift Energy Operating, LLC |
| Sl 8406 003 | 17-051-20537 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Company |
| State Lease 212 050 | 17-075-01984 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Sl 8406 004 | 17-051-20538 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.