API 26-087-21586OrphanedOil well
Potthoff 16-7
Oil well in Hitchcock 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 #
- 26-087-21586
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (SI))
- Type
- Oil(24)
- County
- Hitchcock
- Coordinates
- 40.15022, -101.19431
- State record #
- 26087215860000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polson 2-28 | 26-087-22751 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Polson 1-28 | 26-087-22748 | Active | Oil | — |
| Rooney, John, Et Al 1 | 26-087-21227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Driftwood Creek Unit 1419 | 26-087-21559 | Active | Oil | — |
| Faimon 1-23 | 26-087-21305 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Driftwood Creek Unit 1519 | 26-087-21706 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Nebraska oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.