API 33-009-01191OrphanedOil well
Rice 23-12
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
Jan 11, 1976
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,300 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-009-01191
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Zion
- County
- Bottineau
- Coordinates
- 48.92832, -100.88199
- State record #
- 5815
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit H-722 | 33-009-00305 | Active | Injection | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit F-722 | 33-009-00330 | Shut-in | Injection | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Ruth Vedquam 1 | 33-009-01343 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | 31 Operating, LLC |
| J. O. Score Tract 1 1 | 33-009-00817 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit K-723 | 33-009-00478 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit G-723 | 33-009-00315 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.