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API 34-173-20336OrphanedOil well

Simon Elmer Ford 1

Oil well in Wood 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 2, 1900

Plug date

Jul 21, 1976

Total depth

0 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-173-20336
Status
Orphaned(state code: dry)
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Wood
Coordinates
41.18877, -83.63647
State record #
34173203360000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Well 34-063-6348334-063-63483ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6479134-063-64791ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner
Clapper Geo 1434-063-64450Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6479034-063-64790ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner
Well 34-063-6377134-063-63771Other statusOther typeHistoric Owner
1034-063-63600ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner

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