Old deep drilled Exxon Mobil oil well near/under what became Poets Park Ladera Ranch short filled at 351 feet during re-abandonment 2001 due to blockage, DOGGR directive required  cement to be squeezed past the blockage on outside of casing down to bottom of oil well to protect the lower 8365 feet, report indicates they did not do this!  DMB Ladera LLC kept their dirty little secret covered up for 25 years of the  poorly re-capped  oil wells, until now. In 2001 the LA Times wrote several articles for promotion of Ladera Ranch. Ladera Ranch, CA was launched by master developer Rancho Mission Viejo LLC and then DMB Ladera LLC with Phoenix-based DMB Associates providing the financial backing for the 4,000-acre Ladera planned community project. Grand opening in late 1999, with heavy expansion and sales phases continuing into 2001, its marketing campaign was highly distinct Ladera Ranch was heavily advertised as one of the nation's first fully "wired" master-planned ...

MEDIA CORRECTION: The decades old abandoned oil well under/near Poets Park in Ladera Ranch CA is NOT located under anyone's house as reporter Clara Harter LA Times reported Aug 30, 2026, it is under the street ( Merriweather Pl ) close to where a manhole cover is located marked SEWER . Note, LA Times reporter Clara Harter it is not a good idea to falsely list the home owners address on Agapanthus Street as the exact location for an abandoned oil well from 1961 as being under their house, this is libelous and could affect the value of the house. LA Times reporter Clara Harter appears to be somewhat of a recent college graduate must have matriculated from the 'University of Mars', because sure as hell don't know how to locate anything down here on earth, moron! The exact location off all abandoned oil wells in California is found in Cal-GEM well finder by the oil wells API number. The oil wells location is given in Latitude and Longitude numbers, the well near Poets Pa...

I first posted articles about the two very old oil wells I found in a search underground in Ladera Ranch CA on July 25th 2026 . In my continuing investigation, I have recently found that the supposed emergency plugging of the Exxon Oil well under/near Poets Park in July 2001 by DMB Ladera LLC was forged. Exxon oil well under/near Poets Park Ladera Ranch was improperly plugged in July 2001 by DMB Ladera LLC, a rep forged the report, he used old plugged depths of 1305' and 593' from 1962 closing of the Exxon oil well in their new July 2001 report and sent it to the California Division of Oil & Gas for approval.  In 2001 the LA Times wrote several articles for promotion of Ladera Ranch. Ladera Ranch, CA was launched by master developer Rancho Mission Viejo LLC and then DMB Ladera LLC with Phoenix-based DMB Associates providing the financial backing for the 4,000-acre Ladera planned community project.  Ladera Ranch was heavily advertised as one of the nation's first ful...

Ladera Ranch CA Poets Park Playground Built Over 65-Year-Old Exxon Mobil Oil Well That Was Short Plugged in July 2001 During DMB Ladera Re-Abandonment, They Knew.  Oil wells really never die, though, Poets Park Ladera Ranch CA is a hell of a place to build a kids playground next to a 65 year old oil well underground. The Exxon Mobiloil well under/near Poets Park in Ladera Ranch CA was drilled down 8,365 feet in 1961 and capped in 1962, but during the July 2001 re-abandonment by DMB Ladera LLC only 351 feet was filled with mud and re-capped, WTH?  Under California regulations (managed by CalGEM ), a well undergoing official plugging and abandonment is legally required to be filled with stable, heavy drilling mud to prevent structural collapse and fluid migration. At a standard mud weight of 10 pounds per gallon (ppg), the bottom pressure would be 4,350 psi. Under California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) regulations , plugging a deep well at only 351 feet leaving ...

UPDATED INFO SAT SEPT 5th, 2026 at 5:03 pm EST; This so called re-abondonment of the decades old oil well at/under Poets Park on July 19, 2001 is bogus.  Paul Frost engineer and rep for DOGGR was at the Poets Park Ladera Ranch CA job site from 9:30 am to 10:30 am on Thursday July 19, 2001. Paul Frost called DOGGR home office in Sacramento CA at 10:30 am to get an ok to close the well by plugging the well from 351 feet up to the surface, as they could not get past an obstruction at 351', leaving the other 8,014 feet to the bottom open to the elements.    VIDEO; Tom Walker an independent petroleum consultant and senior reservoir engineer in California was working as the rep for DMB Ladera LLC and was overseeing the re-abandonment project on July 19, 2001, he was there with Paul Frost from DOGGR.  The bosses at DMB Ladera LLC were paying Tom Walker to get this sticky oil problem problem at Poets Park taken care of !  A series of reports were issued by Tom Walker...