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API 31-013-15798OrphanedOil well

D Eckstrom 3

Oil well in Chautauqua County, New York · operated by Valley Drilling Corp Of America

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

Apr 6, 1981

Drilling began

Completion

Apr 9, 1981

Plug date

Total depth

580 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
31-013-15798
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Located))
Type
Oil(OD)
Field
Busti
County
Chautauqua
Coordinates
42.00445, -79.29543
State record #
31013157980000

Operator

Valley Drilling Corp Of America

Wells operated
26
Active
0
States
NY
As filed
Valley Drilling Corp. of America

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Tract 255 137-123-32136ActiveOilHazeltine Land Dev Co LLC
Tract 255 1237-123-32147ActiveOilHazeltine Land Dev Co LLC
Tract 255 837-123-32143ActiveOilHazeltine Land Dev Co LLC

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