API 17-089-00232OrphanedOil well
Waterford Oil Company A 002
Oil well in Saint Charles County, Louisiana · operated by John W Mecom
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 8, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
May 15, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
12,029 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-089-00232
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Bayou Des Allemands
- County
- Saint Charles
- Coordinates
- 29.76711, -90.35419
- State record #
- 60108
Operator
- Wells operated
- 66
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- JOHN W. MECOM
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fee 852 Swd 008 | 17-057-00575 | Orphaned | Other type | Mesa Gulf Coast LLC |
| M R Fee 852 014 | 17-057-20653 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co |
| South Coast 012 | 17-057-00592 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | General American Oil Co Of Tx |
| 10800 Sue;m R Fee 852 011 | 17-057-20346 | Other status | Other type | Union Producing Company |
| Nettie Marie Jones 001 | 17-057-21655 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Gas Exploration Corp. |
| W Alton Jones 002 | 17-057-00566 | Orphaned | Oil | Pioneer Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.