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API 17-726-20158OrphanedOil well

Sl 3770 007

Oil well in Plaquemines County, Louisiana · operated by Century Exploration No

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

May 27, 1978

Drilling began

Completion

Jun 15, 1978

Plug date

Total depth

9,900 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
17-726-20158
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
Type
Oil(10)
Field
Breton Sound Block 53
County
Plaquemines
Coordinates
29.43087, -89.14380
State record #
159079

Operator

Century Exploration No

Wells operated
40
Active
0
States
LA
As filed
CENTURY EXPLORATION N.O. LLC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Sl 12577 00117-725-20440Plugged & abandonedOther typeQuintana Petroleum Corp.
Sl 14680 00117-075-23792Plugged & abandonedOther typeAtp Oil & Gas Corporation
Louisiana State Qq 195 00617-725-70031Plugged & abandonedGasGulf Oil Corp.
State Lease 3509 00117-725-00597Plugged & abandonedOther typeInactive Operator
Sl 195 Qq 20317-075-23632Plugged & abandonedOther typePioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.
Sl 195 Qq 15017-075-20161Plugged & abandonedOther typeGulf Oil Corp.

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