API 34-009-21577OrphanedOil well
Poston Va 1
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
Jan 1, 1966
Plug date
May 20, 2026
Total depth
1,594 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-009-21577
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Athens
- Coordinates
- 39.32797, -81.93658
- State record #
- 34009215770000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facemyer Lumber Co Inc 333 | 34-009-23497 | Active | Oil | Mountaineer State Operations LLC |
| Chapman Fw 9 | 34-009-60840 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Flanagan 2 | 34-009-23478 | Active | Oil | Old South Oil LLC |
| Grim G W & E G 3 | 34-009-21305 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Newcomb Mary 1 | 34-009-21964 | Other status | Oil | Trend Exploration Ltd |
| Grim Richard & Glenna 1 | 34-009-22622 | Active | Oil | Petro Quest Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.