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API 37-121-26918OrphanedOil well

Nichols 1b

Oil well in Venango County, Pennsylvania · operated by Beck James L

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

Aug 17, 1979

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
37-121-26918
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Venango
Coordinates
41.61841, -79.53815
State record #
121-26918

Operator

Beck James L

Wells operated
297
Active
0
States
PA

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Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.