API 37-121-33640OrphanedOil well
Firster 16
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
Nov 12, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 37-121-33640
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Venango
- Coordinates
- 41.38470, -79.57505
- State record #
- 121-33640
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen 1 | 37-031-24483 | Active | Oil | Exley Oil & Gas Corp |
| Brosius B 6 | 37-121-36774 | Orphaned | Oil | Petro Tech Inc |
| Weaver Farm Rw4 | 37-031-22674 | Active | Gas | Weaver Fuel Inc |
| Weaver Rossman W2 | 37-031-22579 | Active | Gas | Weaver Fuel Inc |
| Brosius B 7 | 37-121-36775 | Orphaned | Oil | Petro Tech Inc |
| Horner 2 | 37-031-25884 | Orphaned | Oil | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
Dataset updated . Source: Pennsylvania oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.