Fee 1 (API 31-013-04173) is operated by Hilliker according to the New York regulator's registry.

Is Fee 1 plugged or still active?

Fee 1 is a documented ORPHANED well — unplugged with no solvent operator of record.

Where is Fee 1 located?

Fee 1 is in Chautauqua County, New York at 42.52348, -79.09469.

API 31-013-04173OrphanedGas well

Fee 1

Gas well in Chautauqua County, New York · operated by Hilliker

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

Jan 8, 1962

Drilling began

Completion

Jan 30, 1962

Plug date

—

Total depth

1,338 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #: 31-013-04173
Status: Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Located))
Type: Gas(GD)
County: Chautauqua
Coordinates: 42.52348, -79.09469
State record #: 31013041730000

Operator

Hilliker

Wells operated: 1
Active: 0
States: NY

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Nearby wells

Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Merrill 1	31-009-18602	Active	Gas	Merrill Brian G.
Fee (Walton O Smith) 2	31-013-09193	Shut-in	Gas	PPP Future Development Inc.
Milks 6308	31-009-18761	Active	Gas	Nucomer Energy LLC
Saunders 1-3173	31-013-15832	Orphaned	Gas	Palmer John L.
Woolley, N 6294	31-013-18887	Active	Gas	Nucomer Energy LLC
L. Phillips 2 6334	31-013-18946	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Empire Exploration Inc.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.