API 37-121-27144OrphanedOil well
Ames 5q
Oil well in Venango County, Pennsylvania · operated by Return Oil
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
Dec 13, 1979
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-121-27144
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Venango
- Coordinates
- 41.47536, -79.67118
- State record #
- 121-27144
Operator
- Wells operated
- 353
- Active
- 0
- States
- PA
- As filed
- RETURN OIL CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith 24 | 37-121-31027 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Quaker State Corp |
| Miller Bros Poultry 1 | 37-121-03909 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Hughes 1q | 37-121-20229 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Quaker State Corp |
| Ralph Roberts R19 | 37-121-34371 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
| Smith 49 | 37-121-31029 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Quaker State Corp |
| Donald C Hartzell 3 | 37-121-30905 | Active | Oil | Henderson William C |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.