API 17-700-20257OrphanedGas well
Vua;sl 18519 001
Gas well in Cameron County, Louisiana · operated by Northstar Offshore Group
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, 2006
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 22, 2006
Plug date
—
Total depth
9,948 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-700-20257
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Gas(20)
- Field
- Creole Offshore
- County
- Cameron
- Coordinates
- 29.77048, -93.21001
- State record #
- 232725
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- NORTHSTAR OFFSHORE GROUP, LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sl 18236 001 | 17-700-20249 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Petroleum (Aec), Inc. |
| Sl 5198 001 | 17-700-00415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Minerals Corporation |
| Sl 20271 001 | 17-700-20267 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walter Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Sl 18447 001 | 17-700-20253 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcmoran Oil & Gas LLC |
| Sl 8374 001 | 17-700-20191 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Gas Exploration Corp. |
| S L 4211 001 | 17-700-00249 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.