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API 17-111-00902OrphanedOil well

L Hester 001

Oil well in Union County, Louisiana · operated by Jim W Grier

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

Mar 28, 1948

Drilling began

Completion

Apr 14, 1948

Plug date

Total depth

2,114 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-111-00902
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Ora
County
Union
Coordinates
32.83284, -92.47135
State record #
35142

Operator

Jim W Grier

Wells operated
8
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
JIM W. GRIER

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Mrs Eula C Colvin Et Al 00117-061-00171Plugged & abandonedOther typeCrescent Drilling Company, Inc.
Cv Ra Sui;payne 00117-111-25591ActiveGasStroud Petroleum, Inc.
Fuller Post 00117-111-20124Plugged & abandonedOther typeArkla Exploration Company
Cv Ra Sul;holmes 00117-111-25113Plugged & abandonedOther typeTmr Exploration, Inc.
Cv Ra Suk;horace Silmon 00117-111-25093Plugged & abandonedOther typeVernon E. Faulconer, Inc.
Cv Davis Rb Suaa;harper 00117-061-20606Plugged & abandonedOther typePruet Production Co.

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