API 33-009-00970OrphanedOil well
Ivan And Albert Christenson 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
May 22, 1967
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,385 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-009-00970
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Starbuck
- County
- Bottineau
- Coordinates
- 48.72112, -100.81553
- State record #
- 4234
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upham 15-1 | 33-049-00130 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J. M. Huber Corp. |
| Asmunder Benson 1 | 33-049-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Johnson Oil |
| Albert Roalkvam 1 | 33-049-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
| Ole A. And Bertha Mickelson 1 | 33-049-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Plaza Oil & Gas Ltd. |
| Axem-Lillegard 2-6 | 33-049-00135 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Axem Resources, Inc. |
| Arthur Krenz 1 | 33-049-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.