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API 34-073-61292OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Hocking 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 8, 1924

Plug date

Total depth

2,135 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-073-61292
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Hocking
Coordinates
39.48355, -82.68151
State record #
34073612920000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Nickles Wm M 134-073-61299Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
134-163-60330Other statusOther typeHistoric Owner
434-163-60257Plugged & abandonedOther typeHistoric Owner
Rossiter Russell # 1 134-163-20928Other statusOilKilbarger Investments Inc
Well 34-163-6033434-163-60334Other statusOther typeHistoric Owner
334-163-60327ActiveOther typeHistoric Owner

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