API 33-009-01623OrphanedOil well
Oscar Fossum 6
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
Sep 28, 1983
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,080 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-009-01623
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Wayne
- County
- Bottineau
- Coordinates
- 48.81871, -101.20498
- State record #
- 10377
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack R. Rogers 1 | 33-009-00980 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron USA, Inc. |
| Sidener Trust 8-7 | 33-009-01641 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cabot Petroleum Corp. |
| Harvey Svee 2-12 | 33-009-02298 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petro-Sentinel LLC |
| Smedley 2-12 | 33-009-01664 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Enstar Corp. |
| Svee 1-12 | 33-009-01784 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Texas Petroleum Corp. |
| Arvid Haugan 1 | 33-009-00683 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Simcox Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.