API 37-019-20873OrphanedOil well
Wilbert & Dorothy Foertsch 10
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
Jul 28, 1980
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-019-20873
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Butler
- Coordinates
- 40.75786, -79.84782
- State record #
- 019-20873
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12,967
- Active
- 0
- States
- PA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M L Burtner 3 | 37-003-20927 | Active | Gas | Francis P Murray |
| Orris 1 | 37-003-22041 | Other status | Gas | Huntley & Huntley Inc |
| Robert Garraux 2 | 37-003-01135 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| C C Wood 1 | 37-003-00765 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| George E Seel Agt (Fmly Wm Seel) 2 | 37-003-20071 | Orphaned | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| Robert Garraux 1 | 37-003-01134 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.