API 34-105-20449OrphanedOil well
Steele E 1
Oil well in Meigs 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
Sep 2, 1942
Plug date
Apr 25, 2025
Total depth
779 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-105-20449
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Meigs
- Coordinates
- 39.02913, -82.21755
- State record #
- 34105204490000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobet Mining 1 | 34-053-20464 | Active | Oil | J T Plus Well Service LLC |
| Hobet Mining 2 | 34-053-20465 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Altheirs Oil Inc |
| Furst Irene 1 | 34-053-20080 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Fowble C & R 2 | 34-053-20557 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
| Elliott Michael 1 | 34-053-20566 | Active | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
| R O J Corp 4 | 34-053-20249 | Other status | Oil | Orwig Oil Company Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.