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API 34-089-21057OrphanedOil well

Van Buren C W 1

Oil well in Licking 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 22, 1954

Plug date

Total depth

2,872 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-089-21057
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Licking
Coordinates
39.92473, -82.27936
State record #
34089210570000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Adrain James Et Al 234-127-60169Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Hursey Wilmer 234-127-21116Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Robert Smitley 734-127-25019ActiveOilJeanie Enterprises LLC
Koblentz Dave 1034-127-26821Plugged & abandonedOilMidwest Oil & Gas
Snider Metta 134-127-63933Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
James A Emmert # 1 134-127-20066ActiveOilN & N Oil

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