API 31-029-03191OrphanedGas well
Moot W V
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
Nov 10, 1916
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 5, 1916
Plug date
—
Total depth
688 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-029-03191
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown Not Found))
- Type
- Gas(GD)
- Field
- Buffalo
- County
- Erie
- Coordinates
- 42.99043, -78.84357
- State record #
- 31029031910000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Wire Works1 | 31-029-11779 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Buffalo Wire Works Co. Inc. |
| Niagara Frontier Serv 1 | 31-029-11447 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Niagara Frontier Services Inc. |
| Fee 1 | 31-029-69941 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Randall Benderson 1993-1 Trust & Richard Franco |
| Niagara Frontier Serv 2 | 31-029-11554 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Niagara Frontier Services Inc. |
| Suozzi, R 1 | 31-029-55697 | Orphaned | Gas | Kuczmanski Arthur |
| Tripi 1 | 31-029-11963 | Other status | Gas | Basic Energy Producers Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.