API 31-029-04157OrphanedOil well
Fee 1
Oil 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 17, 1961
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 4, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,100 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 31-029-04157
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Unknown))
- Type
- Oil(OW)
- Field
- Elma
- County
- Erie
- Coordinates
- 42.83601, -78.61743
- State record #
- 31029041570000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulhollan 1 | 31-029-17169 | Active | Gas | Krog Peter L. & Kim R. |
| Foss 1421 | 31-029-14581 | Shut-in | Gas | PPP Future Development Inc. |
| E. R. Foss 1 | 31-029-01706 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Bragg C 1 | 31-029-03328 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Yocum Levant C 1 | 31-029-03797 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| C.W. Earl | 31-029-01705 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: New York oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.