API 31-013-15863OrphanedOil well
L Eckstrom 13
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
Mar 14, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 20, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
600 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-013-15863
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Located))
- Type
- Oil(OD)
- Field
- Busti
- County
- Chautauqua
- Coordinates
- 42.00240, -79.29881
- State record #
- 31013158630000
Operator
Valley Drilling Corp Of America
- Wells operated
- 26
- Active
- 0
- States
- NY
- As filed
- Valley Drilling Corp. of America
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancise 51 | 37-123-43333 | Active | Oil | Bennett Resources LLC |
| Edward B Day Hull H103 | 37-123-27449 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lindell & Maney LLC |
| Waugaman C32 | 37-123-43780 | Active | Oil | Pine Ridge Energy |
| Nicklas 1 | 37-123-42268 | Active | Gas | Allshouse Terrence L Jr |
| Johnson J5 | 37-123-43426 | Active | Oil | Lindell & Maney LLC |
| Chase 16 | 37-123-40119 | Active | Oil | Lindell & Maney LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.