API 34-121-20235OrphanedOil well
Bettinger Alex 1
Oil well in Noble 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 22, 1940
Plug date
Mar 11, 2025
Total depth
599 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-121-20235
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (OP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Noble
- Coordinates
- 39.68449, -81.40797
- State record #
- 34121202350000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerst Norbert 1 | 34-167-24031 | Active | Oil | Stonebridge Operating Co LLC |
| Miller Rudy 1 | 34-167-24030 | Active | Oil | Stonebridge Operating Co LLC |
| King Aj 3 | 34-167-20118 | Orphaned | Oil | Kehl Oil & Gas Enterprises LLC |
| Pryor Albert 3 | 34-167-63571 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Ball Elmer 4 | 34-167-64823 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Fulton Leslie L 1 | 34-167-23220 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Smithberger John D |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.