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API 34-059-60464OrphanedOil well

Law Benson 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

Oct 20, 1948

Plug date

Total depth

1,371 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-059-60464
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Guernsey
Coordinates
39.96808, -81.30229
State record #
34059604640000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Christman Grant & Maxine 134-111-21303OrphanedOilHistoric Owner
Burkhart Otto 434-111-23237Other statusOilPetro Drilling Corp
Rubel-Christman 134-111-23655ActiveOilG-R Contracting Inc
Billy Sherman S Snc Nb 16 1h34-121-24367ActiveOilAscent Resources Utica LLC
Thomas Josiah H 134-111-63706OrphanedOilHistoric Owner
Billy Sherman N Snc Nb 16 3h34-121-24474ActiveOilAscent Resources Utica LLC

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