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API 37-019-01761OrphanedOil well

Ritzert 1

Oil well in Butler County, Pennsylvania · operated by Harold J Ritzert

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.

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Registry record

API #
37-019-01761
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(COMB. OIL&GAS)
County
Butler
Coordinates
40.96776, -79.75356
State record #
019-01761

Operator

Harold J Ritzert

Wells operated
27
Active
24
States
PA

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Nearby wells

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George Rickel Et Al 337-005-20353Plugged & abandonedOther typePeoples Gas Co LLC
Theodore P Killmeyer Logue 237-019-20654Other statusGasRummel Franklin Gas Co
Frederick 137-019-01005OrphanedOther typePa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt

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