API 33-049-00146OrphanedOil well
Watne 2
Oil well in Mchenry 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 4, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,231 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 33-049-00146
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Wake
- County
- Mchenry
- Coordinates
- 48.56544, -101.03582
- State record #
- 11377
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pace 1 | 33-101-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Champlin Petroleum Co. |
| Henry Hall 1 | 33-049-00111 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ncnd Minot Partnership |
| Colburn-Rudland 1 | 33-049-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| M. S. Simonson 1-R | 33-075-00954 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lone Star Producing Co. |
| J. Nelson 1 | 33-075-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| State Watne 36-1 | 33-075-00910 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Apache Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: North Dakota oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.