API 31-013-16003OrphanedOil well
D Eckstrom 5
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 20, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 29, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
580 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-013-16003
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Located))
- Type
- Oil(OD)
- Field
- Busti
- County
- Chautauqua
- Coordinates
- 42.00646, -79.29716
- State record #
- 31013160030000
Operator
Valley Drilling Corp Of America
- Wells operated
- 26
- Active
- 0
- States
- NY
- As filed
- Valley Drilling Corp. of America
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull Hill Bf 8 | 37-123-46897 | Active | Oil | Bf Adventures LLC |
| Day East 1178 | 37-123-47339 | Active | Oil | Catalyst Energy Inc |
| Day East 1178 | 37-123-46147 | Other status | Oil | Catalyst Energy Inc |
| Owens 16 | 37-123-43181 | Active | Oil | Bennett Resources LLC |
| Day East 1165 | 37-123-45878 | Other status | Oil | Catalyst Energy Inc |
| Ruhlman R 33 | 37-123-42175 | Orphaned | Oil | Bennett Resources LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.