API 37-121-28274OrphanedOil well
Mcfate 17q
Oil well in Venango 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
Oct 20, 1980
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-121-28274
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Venango
- Coordinates
- 41.47214, -79.62569
- State record #
- 121-28274
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee (Ausel) L2 | 37-121-32035 | Orphaned | Oil | Bruner Oil & Gas Inc |
| Switzer 7 | 37-121-38442 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
| Betzold Nts Betzold 04 | 37-121-45724 | Other status | Oil | Nts Energy LLC |
| Lee (Ausel) L3 | 37-121-32036 | Orphaned | Oil | Bruner Oil & Gas Inc |
| Donald Hartzell Wh2 | 37-121-41393 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
| Herman Burgdorfer B6 | 37-121-39822 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Timberline Energy Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.