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34-149-20057

Well Details

Well ID: 34-149-20057
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Country: United States
State: Ohio
County: Shelby
Municipality: Turtle Creek Township
Operator Name: COLUMBUS OILFIELD EXPLORATION
Well Pad ID:
Farm/Lease Name: WENRICK R & P
License Status: Orphan Well - Ready
License Date: 2006-03-02
Spud Date: 1976-12-14
Spud Drilling Contractor:
Final Drill Date: 1977-01-12
Well Total Depth: 1754.00 ft
Configuration: Vertical
Latitude: 40.310000
Longitude: -84.210000

For data sources see[1]

Well History

Well Status Well Status Date Comment
CO 1976-11-22 698 WRIGHT LARRY H INC GeoDate 11/22/76
Original Spud 1976-12-14
Completed 1977-01-12
Reached Total Depth 1977-01-12
Change of Owner 2000-08-08 Operator changed from 698, WRIGHT LARRY H INC to 3069, MURNANE JOSEPH M
APP 2001-05-17 Proposed Formations:TREMPEALEAU, Issued Date:5/17/2001, Expired Date:5/17/2002 6:00:00 AM, Drilling unit acres:20, Proposed Well Type:OG, Proposed Well Class:
APP 2006-03-02 Proposed Formations:TREMPEALEAU, Issued Date:3/2/2006, Expired Date:3/2/2007 6:00:00 AM, Drilling unit acres:20, Proposed Well Type:OG, Proposed Well Class:
Construction Permit Expires 2007-03-02
Record Last Modified 2015-09-24

For data sources see[2]

Production Data

Period Operator Name Gas Quantity (mcf) Oil Quantity (bbl) Production Days
1984 LARRY H WRIGHT INC 0.00 601.00 365
1985 LARRY H WRIGHT INC 0.00 298.00 91

For data sources see[3] [4]

Waste Data

Period Operator Name Waste Type Quantity (bbl) Production Days
1984 LARRY H WRIGHT INC Brine 0 365
1985 LARRY H WRIGHT INC Brine 140 91

For data sources see[5] [6]

Inspection Data

Inspections Performed

Inspection ID Inspection Date Inspection Type Inspection Result Inspection Comments
-1321689874 2017-9-7 0:00:0 PW No Violations
-1485882093 2015-3-25 0:00: PW No Violations 2.00
-157197805 2014-5-22 0:00: PW No Violations
-47386813 2018-5-29 0:00: PW No Violations
-516164623 2016-5-11 0:00: PW No Violations 0.40
-683135021 2002-2-7 0:00:0 PW No Violations
0000CEN847 1994-12-29 Production Wells Violations Noted 1501:9-1-07
0000PL5670 Preliminary Restoration No Violations Preliminary Restoration done information from Data Point
0001210i80 2002-02-07 Production Wells Violations Noted Well has pump jack. Electric line cut and fuses gone on meter. Not capable of production. No well head ID. Or no ID at tanks. Old oil spill never properly removed. West side of tank bottom 4x4 ft. area. Accompanied by Rich P. & Mike M.
0047386813 2018-05-29 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick #1 (#57) as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow-up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection. Idle, unidentified and non-compliant to the plugging required order. Photo-documented status. The well is in newly germinated beans.
00CENT2872 1998-08-24 Preliminary Restoration No Violations 1501:9-9-05
0157197805 2014-05-22 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick #1 (#67) as part of a standard compliance follow-up status check. The well is equipped with an electric powered pump jack (electric is unhooked as previously noted) and no production has been reported to the Division since 1985. The storage consists of two silver painted 100 barrel steel tanks and a smaller steel brine tank. No legible well identification or emergency contact information is posted. Status: No change-in-status from previous inspection. Non-compliant for plug or produce and no identification written 2/7/2002. Recent attempts by the Division to locate the owner of Columbus Oilfield Exploration have been unsuccessful. Note: this is a Trempealeau openhole completion.
0370176040 2017-04-25 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick #1 (#57) as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow-up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection (idle). The farmer was planting and fertilizing at the time of inspection.
0428971466 2015-06-10 Administrative Inspection No Violations Inspected the Wenrick R & P #1 (#57) as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection, non-compliant.
0516164623 2016-05-11 Production Wells No Violations Compliance notice follow-up. No change in the status of the well. The well consists of a pumping unit, 2-100 barrel tanks and a 50 barrel tank. The electric service to the pumping unit has been turned off. The vales are also off. Chiefs order issued in 2015 has not been complied with. New pictures were taken during my inspection.
0683135021 2002-02-07 Production Wells No Violations FOLLOW UP TO NOV # 1210i80 Well has pump jack. Electric line cut and fuses gone on meter. Not capable of production. No well head ID. Or no ID at tanks. Old oil spill never properly removed. West side of tank bottom 4x4 ft. area. Accompanied by Rich P. & Mike M.
1085060615 2004-05-19 Production Wells No Violations -Complaint # 619 inspection with Jeff Fry. Met with landowner Ron Wenrick. Mr. Wenrick called on 5/18/04 to report a small leak in one of the oil storage tanks near well # 20057. Small approximately 4 by 4 area of oil had leaked out over time from the northern tank. Appears that the base is rusted. Some oil in both the north and south tank according to Jeff Fry. Tanks not IDed nor is the well ID. Power cut 3-4 years ago to the well. Pump jack present. No meter. Valves closed off. Well incapable of production. Past inspection reports revealed that site last inspected on 2/7/04 and N.O.V.s issued 2/14/02 for failure to ID the wells and either plug or produce the well have not been complied with. Mike Murane contacted by phone and requested to clean up the leaking tank and either plug or produce the well.
1092175024 2016-06-28 Administrative Inspection No Violations No change-in-status from previous inspection.
1175024227 2007-03-22 Production Wells Violations Noted -On site per complaint from Ron Wenrick, landowner. Mr. Wenrick called 3/22/07 & indicated one of the oil storage tanks on site had leaked. Inspection revealed N. tank leaked. Oil leaked out to about 130-135 ft from tank. Width ranged from several feet up to 25 feet. Oil near a grassed waterway that drained into a normally dry ditch. Oil seen in old either gopher hole or field tile hole. None seen in dry creek. Landower put out straw. Mike Murnane, well owner contacted & was at site. Murnane hired ERS (Environmental Recovery Services to vacuum up the oil. Mike Weaver w/ ERS on site. Some oil, brine, water removed from S. tank (about 1/2). Oil sludge in base of N. tank. Strum Excavating hired by Murnane to build 2 trenches, one at S. end and one at N. end near tank. Murnane recommended to get roll-off container, line w/ visqueen. Murnane requested to send contaminated soil to approved landfill and grade out the area. Murnane requested to remove/repair tank. Well has no power and not capble of producing. NOVs issued on 2/14/02 for well incapable of production (1509:12); disposal of muds or cutings in violation of a rule (1509: 22C); and failure to legibly identify a well (1509: 23 & 1501:9-9-05(A)10. None of the violations have been remedied. Received complaint 619 on 5/18/04 about minor leak & well incapable of production. Nothing done by well owner other than taking out a plugging permit on 3/2/06. Permit expired on 3/2/07. Photos taken of the leak. Initial NOV issued 2/14/02.
1175025989 2007-03-26 Production Wells Violations Noted -On site to follow up complaint by landowner Ron Wenrick about leaking tank first reported on 3/22/07. Site inspected on 3/22/07 and some oil that leaked from N. tank vacuumed up by ERS (Environmental Remedial Services, Inc.) About 1/2 of the oil/brine/water removed from S. tank on 3/22/07. N. tank leaked. Oil sludge in base. Strum Excavating was hired and dug 2 trenches, 1 to the S. & 1 to the N. on 3/22/07. No one on site on 3/26/07. Trackhoe has been removed. Oil contained in the 2 trenches from heavy rain on 3/23 & 3/24/07 at the site. No oil seen in dry waterway. Called Mike Murnane while on site. Mike indicated he was still trying to get a rollback container. Strum took trackhoe to another job. Requested tank be removed & area cleaned up. He said he planned to dig a trench around the tank. Notified him the well is incapable of production & should either be put into production or plug. Well & tanks are not IDed. Photos taken. Requested Mike to call me when he planned to have additional work done. Talked to Jeff Fry on 3/29/07 & he had been in contact w/ Mike Murnane & Ron Wenrick on 3/28/07 & work was progressing to clean up the leak. Jeff said the tank had been skidded.
1175702033 2007-04-03 Production Wells No Violations -On site to follow-up the work done to clean up the oil tank leak on the Wenrick property reported on 3/22/07. Since last inspection on 3/26/07, the contaminated soil has been scrapped up and removed, the trenches dug on 3/22/07 at south end & northern end of the contaminated soil has been filled back in. Dirt has been piled against the leaking tank. The tank has not been repaired or removed. Some oil seen within/under the dirt piled by the tank. Area where the oil contaminated soil was removed has been rough graded out. Photos taken of the clean up activity. Well and tanks still not IDed. Well incapable of production. Tank still has leak. NOVs were issued on 2/14/02 following a 2/7/02 inspection and the well owner (Murnane) has not brought the well into compliance.
1185464851 2007-07-24 Production Wells No Violations -On site to follow-up work done to clean up oil tank leak on Wenrick property reported on 3/22/07. Since the last inspection, soybeans have been planted and are growing in the area where oil had leaked out of the tank and into the field. Trenches were dug on 3/22/07, then the contaiminated soil removed. The trench was filled back in by the 4/3/07 inspection and rough graded. Dirt was piled against the tank that leaked. Tank is still present with some oil showing on the dirt piled around the tank. Well and tanks not IDed. Well incapable of production. NOVs were issued on 2/14/02 following a 2/7/02 inspection and Murnane has not brought the well into compliance.
1196872488 2007-12-04 Production Wells No Violations -On site for status check of work done to clean up oil tank leak on the Wenrick property reported on 3/22/07. Joint inspection with Jeff Fry. At the time of the last inspection, soybeans were growing in the field that was affected by the late March 2007 oil leak from 1 of the 2 tanks on site. Contaminated soil was cleaned up in late March/early April 2007. Soybeans grown in 2007, in area that was contaminated have been harvested. Tank still present. Dirt piled against the tank. Some oil shown on the dirt pile but not beyond the dirt pile area. Well and tanks are not IDed. Well incapable of production. N.O.V.s were issued on 2/14/02 following a 2/7/07 inspection. Well not in compliance. Jeff Fry indicated he would contact Mike Murnane.
1210i13573 2002-04-03 Preliminary Restoration No Violations NOV due 03/17/02 non compliance. Same violations as of inspection 02/07/02. Took 6 digital photos.
1210i1357381 2002-4-3 0:00:0 PL No Violations
1210i80 2002-2-7 0:00:0 PW No Violations
1210i89557 2002-02-07 Preliminary Restoration No Violations Passed PR.
1210i8955776 2002-2-7 0:00:0 PL No Violations
1249576451 2009-08-05 Production Wells No Violations -On site for status check on work done to clean up oil tank leak on Wenrick property reported on 3/22/07. Oil leaked from 1 of 2 tanks on site in 3/07. Leak cleaned up in late 3/07 & early 4/07. Soil was cleaned up. Soybeans were grown in 2007. Soybeans growing now. Dirt piled up around tanks. Tanks not leaking. Tanks still not IDed. Well incapable of production. N.O.V.s were issued on 2/14/02 following 2/7/02 inspection. Well not in compliance. Jeff Fry was to contact Mike Murnane at time of last inspection on 12/4/07.
1271137457 2015-05-11 Administrative Inspection No Violations Chiefs Order #2015-198 Plugging Required issued 4/29/2015.
1301163946 2019-6-27 0:00: OR No Violations
1321689874 2017-09-07 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick #1 (#57) as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow-up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection (idle).No observed leakage or spillage around well or storage tanks The well is currently not plugged per the Chiefs Order (#2015-198). The area around well is currently being cultivated.
1400871575 2014-05-22 Production Wells No Violations Location Information. ENTRANCE: Lat. 40.31605 Long. -84.21929 / WELL HEAD: Lat. 40.31522 Long. -84.21894 / CENTER-OF-STORAGE: Lat. 40.31588 Long. -84.21928.
1453054321 2016-10-18 Production Wells No Violations Chiefs order follow-up. No change-in-status from previous inspection. The crops have been harvested.
1458838065 2016-03-21 Production Wells No Violations Chiefs order follow-up. No change-in-status from previous inspection.
1476980848 2016-10-11 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick R & P #1 as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow-up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection.
1485882093 2015-03-25 Production Wells No Violations Compliance notice follow-up. The well is not in production, all vales were turned off. Pictures taken for future enforcement actions.
1887734433 2017-11-21 Production Wells No Violations Inspected the Wenrick #1 (#57) as part of a standard Chiefs Order (#2015-198) follow-up. Status: no change-in-status from previous inspection (idle).No observed leakage or spillage around well or storage tanks The well is currently not plugged per the Chiefs Order (#2015-198). The area around well is currently being cultivated.
370176040 2017-4-25 0:00: PW No Violations
428971466 2015-6-10 0:00: AM No Violations
CEN847 1994-12-29 0:00 PW No Violations
CENT2872 1998-8-24 0:00: PL No Violations
PL5670 PL No Violations

Violations Commited

Inspection ID Violation ID Violation Date Violation Code Violation Comments
0000CEN847 US-OH-131494 Well operation causing pollution and contamination
0001210i80 US-OH-105515 2002-02-14 Failure to legibly identify well
0001210i80 US-OH-105516 2002-02-14 Well shall be plugged
0001210i80 US-OH-105517 2002-02-14 Disposal of muds or cuttings in violation of a rule
1175024227 US-OH-104624 2007-04-02 Failure to legibly identify well
1175024227 US-OH-104625 2007-04-02 Well shall be plugged
1175024227 US-OH-104626 2007-04-02 Disposal of muds or cuttings in violation of a rule
1175025989 US-OH-104627 2007-04-02 Failure to legibly identify well
1175025989 US-OH-104628 2007-04-02 Well shall be plugged
1175025989 US-OH-104629 2007-04-02 Disposal of muds or cuttings in violation of a rule

For data sources see[7]

References