API 31-029-03181OrphanedGas well
Becker Nicholas 10
Gas well in Erie 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
Apr 24, 1917
Drilling began
Completion
May 9, 1917
Plug date
—
Total depth
720 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-029-03181
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown))
- Type
- Gas(GD)
- Field
- Buffalo
- County
- Erie
- Coordinates
- 42.98136, -78.82803
- State record #
- 31029031810000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee1 | 31-029-14567 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Scarp Property Associates LLC |
| Deepwell Area E | 31-029-67342 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Buffalo Color |
| Fee 1 | 31-029-13702 | Shut-in | Gas | Speed Motor Express of Western New York Inc. |
| Buffalo Wire Works1 | 31-029-11779 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Buffalo Wire Works Co. Inc. |
| Stiegler 1 | 31-029-60796 | Shut-in | Gas | Stiegler Daniel M. |
| Niagara Frontier Serv 1 | 31-029-11447 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Niagara Frontier Services Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.