API 26-057-21276OrphanedOil well
Balderson 2
Oil well in Dundy County, Nebraska
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.
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Registry record
- API #
- 26-057-21276
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (SI))
- Type
- Oil(8)
- County
- Dundy
- Coordinates
- 40.11420, -101.52879
- State record #
- 26057212760000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shones Unit 1-5 | 15-023-21353 | Active | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Potthoff 1-4 | 15-023-21381 | Active | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Laumann N-32 | 26-057-21239 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schafer "A" 1-33 | 26-057-21848 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Potthoff 1-34 | 26-057-21667 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ham 1-31 | 26-057-21666 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Nebraska oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.