API 17-097-00315OrphanedOil well
J S Watkins 001a
Oil well in Saint Landry County, Louisiana · operated by Hl Hawkins &hl Hawkins Jr
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
Dec 3, 1959
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 28, 1960
Plug date
—
Total depth
5,980 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-097-00315
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Port Barre
- County
- Saint Landry
- Coordinates
- 30.53270, -91.93023
- State record #
- 77678
Operator
- Wells operated
- 48
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- H.L.HAWKINS &H.L.HAWKINS, JR.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Meche 001 | 17-097-20170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| F M Marks 001 | 17-097-00849 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Romain Meche 001 | 17-097-01215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Louis Miller 001 | 17-097-00860 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Heat Pump Effluent 001 | 17-097-88030 | Other status | Other type | Gilbert Carner |
| Mrs Dora Lerner Riseman Et Al 001 | 17-097-00867 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hassie Hunt Trust |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.