API 34-105-20453OrphanedOil well
Ward Selmer 3
Oil well in Meigs 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 15, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
706 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-105-20453
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Meigs
- Coordinates
- 39.03236, -82.21297
- State record #
- 34105204530000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothgeh W & E 1 | 34-053-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Lemley Luther 1 | 34-053-20754 | Active | Oil | Old South Oil LLC |
| Hobet Mining 4 | 34-053-20467 | Active | Oil | J T Plus Well Service LLC |
| B. J. Builders 10 | 47-053-00408 | Active | Gas | Pillar Energy, LLC |
| R O J 3-B | 34-053-20736 | Active | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
| R O J Corp 2 | 34-053-20214 | Active | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.