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
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Plug date
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Total depth
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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
- Wells operated
- 297
- Active
- 0
- States
- PA
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woideck 195q | 37-121-29892 | Orphaned | Oil | Stewart Run Wildlife Resort Inc |
| Eiche Dean 265 | 37-121-44015 | Orphaned | Oil | Pencan Explorations Inc |
| Eiche Dean 236 | 37-121-44011 | Orphaned | Oil | Pencan Explorations Inc |
| E.R.Walton 122q | 37-121-34417 | Orphaned | Oil | North Amer Oil & Gas Drilling Co Inc |
| Eiche Dean 238 | 37-121-44013 | Orphaned | Oil | Pencan Explorations Inc |
| Cubbon 29 | 37-121-35111 | Active | Oil | Vista Petro Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.