API 33-009-01957OrphanedOil well
Rice 3
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
Aug 9, 1994
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,324 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-009-01957
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Zion
- County
- Bottineau
- Coordinates
- 48.92081, -100.87711
- State record #
- 13685
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 P-720 | 33-009-00295 | Active | Oil | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Score 1 | 33-009-01525 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kimbark Oil & Gas Co. |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit N-720 | 33-009-00337 | Active | Oil | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit L-720 | 33-009-00350 | Orphaned | Injection | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit J-720 | 33-009-00331 | Active | Oil | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Newburg-Spearfish-Charles Unit H-720 | 33-009-00281 | Active | Injection | Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.