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API 34-059-60414OrphanedOil well

Cornelius Ben 1

Oil well in Guernsey 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

May 7, 1924

Plug date

Apr 18, 1941

Total depth

3,274 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-059-60414
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Guernsey
Coordinates
40.09832, -81.69070
State record #
34059604140000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Otto Newman 334-059-60296Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Gadd Eural M 134-059-21971ActiveOilGann William I
Smith Bertha L 234-059-20465ActiveOilHistoric Owner
Fulton J Leonora 634-059-60283Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Fulton Leonora J 234-059-60292OrphanedOilHistoric Owner
Georga Lioyd 134-119-22048OrphanedOilHistoric Owner

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