API 34-169-60065OrphanedOil well
Smith L W 1
Oil well in Wayne 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
Jan 1, 1919
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,092 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 34-169-60065
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (HP))
- Type
- Oil(OG_R)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 40.98338, -81.93900
- State record #
- 34169600650000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 118,046
- Active
- 18,978
- States
- OH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Jvs 3 | 34-169-23616 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne County Joint Vocational School |
| Buchholz Brothers 4 | 34-169-21740 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | James R Smail Inc |
| Franks-Maxwell-Ratzel # 1 1 | 34-169-25171 | Active | Oil | Cutter Oil LLC |
| Bowen 1 | 34-169-25253 | Active | Oil | Transit Energy Inc |
| Ramseyer 4 | 34-169-25650 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mfc Drilling Inc |
| Snoddy Carl 1 | 34-169-23600 | Other status | Oil | Kenoil LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.