API 49-027-26866OrphanedOil well
West Mule Creek 26
Oil well in Niobrara County, Wyoming · operated by Royal Oil
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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,070 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 49-027-26866
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(O)
- Field
- Mule Creek West
- County
- Niobrara
- Coordinates
- 43.36352, -104.15501
- State record #
- http://pipeline.wyo.gov/wellapi.cfm?wsdl=2&napino=2726866
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA, MI, WY
- As filed
- ROYAL OIL LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meng Federal 41-25 | 49-027-05834 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murphy D V |
| Federal 11-30 | 49-027-20905 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Great Northern Drilling Company |
| Tetrad Federal 21-30 | 49-027-26903 | Other status | Other type | Sunshine Valley Petroleum |
| Meng Federal 31-25 | 49-027-26560 | Shut-in | Oil | Western American Resources LLC |
| Govt Kerr 11-30r | 49-027-06161 | Shut-in | Oil | Sundance Resources LLC |
| Ming 2 | 49-027-05835 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sterling Drilling |
Dataset updated . Source: Wyoming oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.