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API 34-009-20227OrphanedOil well

Niggemeyer Jacob 5

Oil well in Athens 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

Oct 20, 1938

Plug date

Total depth

1,735 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-009-20227
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Athens
Coordinates
39.25104, -81.98332
State record #
34009202270000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Carleton Wjb 234-105-20820Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
King William 134-105-60066Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Huffman 134-105-23585ActiveOilRainbow Oil & Gas LLC
Carleston Wjb & Story Lucile 134-105-21069Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Huffman James & Mary 334-105-23701Other statusOilJ D Drilling Company
Miller Roy & Maurita 1a34-105-23282ActiveOilJ D Drilling Company

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