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API 34-083-22666OrphanedOil well

Yoder Melvin 3

Oil well in Knox County, Ohio · operated by Sparks Harold

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 1, 1979

Plug date

Dec 28, 1985

Total depth

2,926 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
34-083-22666
Status
Orphaned(state code: pl_oil_gasshow)
Type
Oil(OG_R)
County
Knox
Coordinates
40.32299, -82.30309
State record #
34083226660000

Operator

Sparks Harold

Wells operated
16
Active
0
States
OH

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Dataset updated . Source: Ohio oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.