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API 34-063-62559OrphanedOil well

Harpst Melville 4

Oil well in Hancock County, Ohio · operated by Historic Owner

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

Drilling began

Completion

Jan 1, 1901

Plug date

Oct 14, 2025

Total depth

0 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-063-62559
Status
Orphaned(state code: pl_oil)
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Hancock
Coordinates
41.01301, -83.73273
State record #
34063625590000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Well 34-063-6536334-063-65363ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6536234-063-65362ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner
134-063-65257Plugged & abandonedOther typeHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6525934-063-65259Plugged & abandonedOther typeHistoric Owner
734-063-65258Plugged & abandonedOther typeHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6452534-063-64525ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner

Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.