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API 37-121-33399OrphanedOil well

Bickel 4

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

Sep 29, 1982

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
37-121-33399
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Venango
Coordinates
41.38333, -79.57723
State record #
121-33399

Operator

Return Oil

Wells operated
353
Active
0
States
PA
As filed
RETURN OIL CORP

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

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Brosius B 537-121-36773OrphanedOilPa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt
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Wm E & Roma M Neely 137-031-01519OrphanedOther typePa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt
Brosius B 137-121-36769OrphanedOilPa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt
Weaver 137-031-22646ActiveGasWeaver Jack

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