API 33-009-01282OrphanedOil well
Erickson F 1
Oil well in Bottineau County, North Dakota · operated by Empire North Dakota
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 18, 1978
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,200 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-009-01282
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Northeast Landa
- County
- Bottineau
- Coordinates
- 48.97129, -100.80538
- State record #
- 6467
Operator
- Wells operated
- 178
- Active
- 99
- States
- MT, ND
- As filed
- EMPIRE NORTH DAKOTA LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taralseth 1-14 | 33-009-01071 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Petroleum & Gemini Corp. & Exeter |
| Peterson 16-18 | 33-009-01744 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cenex |
| Taralseth 2-15 | 33-009-01098 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Resources Investment Corp. |
| I. E. Gravseth 1 | 33-009-00911 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midroc Oil Corp. |
| Taralseth 1-15 | 33-009-01076 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vern O. Lund |
| Rueben Taralseth 3-15 | 33-009-01208 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vern O. Lund |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.