California orphan well program
Funding, wells plugged and contractors for California's orphan well program, from public federal records.
Federal orphan-well grants found
$34.0 million
2 awards, latest 2025-02-01
Total of reported plugging costs on file
$109.1 million
sum of 331 records; not a cost per well
Plugged wells on file
331
2023-02 to 2026-06
Insufficient data
331 plugged wells with a reported cost are on file, from 2023-02 to 2026-06, from 283 independent cost observations. No cost per well is shown for California. What a published figure still needs: Costs here vary too much for one statewide figure to land near the wells it was tested on. If you hold actual plugging costs for this state, report a plugging cost.
Contractors
Companies on federal plugging contracts or subawards in California, from USAspending.gov: E2 Contracting, Inc., Olgoonik Construction Services Llc.
Bond rules: see bond amounts for California.