Y’all have any orphan wells on your property?

[PanhandleGlocker]

Came across this video and thought it was pretty neat. I haven’t seen any orphan wells in my part of Oklahoma but I bet there’s some in y'all's area.

 

[Matt Giroux]

Came across this video and thought it was pretty neat. I haven’t seen any orphan wells in my part of Oklahoma but I bet there’s some in y'all's area.

There’s boatloads up in the NE part of the state up around and on Osage land and into SE Kansas, lots of really old wildcat plays in that area from the 20s and 30s

 

[Snattlerake]

I'll show you two on my old farm.

 

[garytx]

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission maintains a orphan well list at Oil and Gas Data Files

 

[retrieverman]

I’ve got two on my place, and I even sold an easement to the oil company to plug one of them. Evidently, the corporation commission doesn’t care that it hasn’t been check since 2019, because the company haven’t done a dang thing toward capping it.

 

[bink98xcab]

Now is the time to report them
The state has a lot of money to plug them right now.
I do this type of work from the wireline side multiple times a week.

The part I can't figure out, with all the taxes they collect from oil/gas companies. Why don't they have this money to plug abandoned wells all the time? I know why they have it now, and it's not coming from the state level.

 

[dennishoddy]

We have one but it is plugged. What I fear is the abandoned dead men left unmarked in the weeds. They will do major damage to tractors and vehicles. Marked ours with Tposts.

 

[GnometownHero]

My uncle had one near Bison that made enough gas that his chickens had warm water to drink in the winter and cranked up winter egg production

 

[bink98xcab]

We have one but it is plugged. What I fear is the abandoned dead men left unmarked in the weeds. They will do major damage to tractors and vehicles. Marked ours with Tposts.

Contact the corporation commission. The sight is supposed to be left as it was before the well was drilled. Unless, the land owner wants to keep certain things (gravel, pad ,tanks etc..

 

[harley128]

"Orphan Wells"........... ?
I thought he was an actor...

(sorry, couldn't resist)