API 34-083-21176Plugged & abandonedOil well
Melick Walter 1-5
Oil well in Knox County, Ohio · operated by Historic Owner
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 1, 1957
Plug date
Sep 21, 1961
Total depth
2,968 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-083-21176
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: pl_oil_gas)
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Knox
- Coordinates
- 40.26267, -82.22154
- State record #
- 34083211760000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
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| Heirs Ashcraft 1 | 34-119-21161 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Patton Helen M 5-A | 34-089-22532 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoover Producing & Operating |
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Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.