API 26-165-21147OrphanedOil well
Bird-Dietrich 7-16
Oil well in Sioux 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 #
- 26-165-21147
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (SI))
- Type
- Oil(8)
- County
- Sioux
- Coordinates
- 42.14826, -103.78005
- State record #
- 26165211470000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strey 1 | 26-165-21103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Virgil Bentley 1-21 | 26-165-21070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drahota 1 | 26-165-21104 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Blackburn 1 | 26-165-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Downer 18-8 | 26-165-21124 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Laucomer 1 | 26-165-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Nebraska oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.