API 37-019-20743OrphanedOil well
William A Watson 1
Oil well in Butler County, Pennsylvania · operated by Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt
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
Nov 10, 1975
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-019-20743
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Butler
- Coordinates
- 40.73229, -79.93579
- State record #
- 019-20743
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12,967
- Active
- 0
- States
- PA
Location & nearby wells
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Haverline 1 | 37-003-00756 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| Mccandless 1130-1 | 37-003-21278 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | S & S Well Svc Co |
| Elliott 24 | 37-003-01075 | Active | Gas | Sme Well Svc Inc |
| H H Short 1 | 37-003-01130 | Active | Oil | Rj Schreiner Sr |
| Tristani 1 | 37-003-01020 | Active | Gas | Dominic & Mark Tristani |
| Kramer 1 | 37-003-20678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Butler Auto Auction |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.