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API 17-113-00442OrphanedOil well

J B Baker 001

Oil well in Vermilion County, Louisiana · operated by The Union Sulphur

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

Jan 31, 1941

Drilling began

Completion

Apr 7, 1941

Plug date

Total depth

10,125 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-113-00442
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Gueydan, East
County
Vermilion
Coordinates
30.03571, -92.45994
State record #
25477

Operator

The Union Sulphur

Wells operated
11
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
THE UNION SULPHUR COMPANY

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Vermillion Parish School Board 00117-113-00543Plugged & abandonedGasF. A. Callery, Inc.
E M Watkins 00517-113-00541Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Elizabeth M Watkins 00317-113-00526Plugged & abandonedGasAmoco Production Company
E M Watkins S 01017-113-00535Plugged & abandonedGasAmoco Production Company
Otto Trahan 00117-113-20680Plugged & abandonedOther typeThe Stone Oil Corporation
Ella T Broussard 00117-113-20568Plugged & abandonedOther typeConoco Inc.

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