API 34-163-20166OrphanedOil well
Bray Pearl 1
Oil well in Vinton 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
Aug 27, 1959
Plug date
Jan 20, 2026
Total depth
2,851 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-163-20166
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Vinton
- Coordinates
- 39.34416, -82.45862
- State record #
- 34163201660000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34-163-60163 | Orphaned | Other type | Historic Owner |
| 2 | 34-163-60667 | Other status | Other type | Historic Owner |
| Primos Prod - Collier Preston 1 | 34-163-20606 | Other status | Oil | Primos Production |
| Traphagen Cw 1 | 34-163-60676 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Gardner John R 3 | 34-163-60666 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Bethel John & Robert 1 | 34-163-20564 | Orphaned | Oil | Adams Oil & Gas LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.