API 34-083-20578OrphanedOil well
Earlywine Ray 2
Oil well in Knox 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
Feb 5, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,031 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-083-20578
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Knox
- Coordinates
- 40.28735, -82.24636
- State record #
- 34083205780000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Ashcraft 1 | 34-089-25170 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kenoil LLC |
| Evans Hugh J 2 | 34-089-22448 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoover Frank W Dba Cherokee Drilling |
| Carl Smith 9 | 34-089-21726 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Porterfield Nelson Bud |
| Mckee Roy E& Lois 1 | 34-031-21639 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Thompson Frank | 34-089-63000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Boyd Ray & Nancy 2 | 34-089-23882 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oxford Oil |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.