API 37-053-21327OrphanedOil well
Rhodes 17
Oil well in Forest County, Pennsylvania · operated by Frederick Drilling Co & Sons
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 20, 1975
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
Oct 10, 2022
Total depth
—
Registry record
- API #
- 37-053-21327
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Forest
- Coordinates
- 41.54579, -79.49614
- State record #
- 053-21327
Operator
- Wells operated
- 140
- Active
- 42
- States
- PA
- As filed
- FREDERICK DRILLING CO & SONS INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Neidel 2 | 37-121-39427 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Coterra Energy Inc |
| Red Brush Oil Co 342 | 37-053-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| State Game Lands #47 2 | 37-121-20661 | Orphaned | Oil | Bash Oil & Gas Co |
| Red Brush Oil Co 350 | 37-053-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Tract'S 2839, 2680, 2697 178 | 37-121-25128 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | President Oil Co |
| John Pale 441 | 37-031-00572 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ugi Ctl Penn Gas Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.