API 37-121-24578OrphanedOil well
Findley Gates 16
Oil well in Venango County, Pennsylvania · operated by Gates Harold A
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
Sep 20, 1976
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-121-24578
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Venango
- Coordinates
- 41.39870, -79.69203
- State record #
- 121-24578
Operator
- Wells operated
- 21
- Active
- 0
- States
- PA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner A3 | 37-121-29967 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Consolidated Energy Corp |
| Gardner C1 | 37-121-30012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dawley Alan |
| Gardner A11 | 37-121-29975 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dawley Alan |
| Stephens 13 | 37-121-44966 | Active | Oil | Rar Energy LLC |
| Stephens 13 | 37-121-44860 | Other status | Oil | Vista Opr Inc |
| Stephens 14 | 37-121-44958 | Active | Oil | Rar Energy LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.