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API 34-103-60958OrphanedOil well

Lotsch John 1

Oil well in Medina 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

Sep 22, 1927

Plug date

Total depth

3,173 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-103-60958
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Medina
Coordinates
41.08015, -81.94050
State record #
34103609580000

Operator

Historic Owner

Wells operated
118,046
Active
18,978
States
OH

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Haley G E 134-169-60098Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Smith Deforest 134-169-60130Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Hart Robert E 334-169-22385Other statusOilWenner Petroleum Corp
Florence Eby 134-169-60131Plugged & abandonedOilHistoric Owner
Orr Flora A 334-169-60095OrphanedOilHistoric Owner
Williams James T 234-169-22569Plugged & abandonedOilObermiller Paul J

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