API 34-105-20500OrphanedOil well
Compton Wa 1
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
Jul 30, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
811 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-105-20500
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Meigs
- Coordinates
- 39.04749, -82.17558
- State record #
- 34105205000000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer Land Co 1 | 34-053-20618 | Active | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
| Thompson George & Ruth 1 | 34-053-20083 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Thompson Frederick 1 | 34-053-20252 | Active | Oil | Huffman-Bowers Inc |
| Cng Coal Co. 5 | 47-053-00416 | Active | Oil | Pillar Energy, LLC |
| Swisher Erman 1 | 34-053-20078 | Active | Oil | Unregistered Owner |
| Carman Paul 1 | 34-053-20507 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Altier Brothers Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.