API 31-009-50056OrphanedOil well
Sue U17
Oil well in Cattaraugus County, New York
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
Apr 7, 2023
Total depth
400 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-009-50056
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Located))
- Type
- Oil(OD)
- Field
- Chipmunk
- County
- Cattaraugus
- Coordinates
- 42.08228, -78.60488
- State record #
- 31009500560000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keesler 1 | 37-083-15521 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Lawton 171 | 37-083-09376 | Active | Oil | Uhl Marvin J |
| Lafferty 043 | 37-083-43704 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Pennzoil Prod Co |
| July 4 Flood 66 7 | 37-083-15159 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Plants & Goodwin Inc |
| George W-24 | 37-083-39458 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Quaker State Corp |
| Melvin 52 | 37-083-42028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Prod Co |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.