API 34-083-20899OrphanedOil well
Porterfield Chas 3
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
Jan 6, 1954
Plug date
—
Total depth
827 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-083-20899
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Knox
- Coordinates
- 40.26346, -82.27279
- State record #
- 34083208990000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsey Donald & Dorothy 2 | 34-089-23792 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moran Ronald F |
| Phillips Frank 2 | 34-089-21679 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Layman Laura B 1 | 34-089-62170 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Fairall Purley 4 | 34-089-62820 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Myers Nichols Wollard 1bs | 34-089-24852 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dugan Harry Oil Co |
| Fairall Purley 2 | 34-089-20584 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.