API 37-053-20720OrphanedOil well
Copeland 13q
Oil well in Forest 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
Apr 2, 1973
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-053-20720
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Forest
- Coordinates
- 41.57324, -79.48113
- State record #
- 053-20720
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baum Nep 1 | 37-121-44356 | Active | Oil | Oil Creek Operators LLC |
| Baum Nep 23 | 37-121-44370 | Active | Oil | Oil Creek Operators LLC |
| Deeter Unk 2 | 37-121-45376 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Big Kornman 1q | 37-121-26092 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pa Gen Energy Corp |
| J Bishop B12 | 37-121-39625 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
| J Bishop B11 | 37-121-39624 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.