API 34-083-20647OrphanedOil well
Veath French 5
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
Nov 12, 1937
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,193 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-083-20647
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Knox
- Coordinates
- 40.30337, -82.19559
- State record #
- 34083206470000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well 34-089-60618 | 34-089-60618 | Active | Other type | Historic Owner |
| Lake G Earnest 3 | 34-031-21520 | Active | Oil | Delta Petroleum Corp |
| Noland Amanda 4 | 34-089-60617 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Bowman (Ashcraft) 3 (4) | 34-031-20206 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H I Smith Oil & Gas Inc |
| Ramsey Ross & Nellie G 1 | 34-031-20992 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Burkhardt Norman E Jr 1 | 34-089-22900 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.