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The Thorla-McKee Well in Noble County, Ohio was the first oil-producing well in North America according to the Ohio Historical Society. Dedicated in 1992 by the Noble County Department of Tourism and the Ohio Historical Society, a designation marker sits within 1-mile (1.6 km) of Caldwell, Ohio to recognize the site.
In turn, it led to much waste during production, resulting in the end of the period's “oil boom.” [8] Although production significantly dropped with reservoir pressure, oil and gas production continued in Ohio. More than 220,000 wells have been drilled in 67 of Ohio's 88 counties, with 60,000 operating as of 2000. [1]
Most oil and gas commissions make API numbers (and well header data) available on-line and free of charge. The ability to download the data varies from state to state. Below is a list of the 50 states, along with their state code, and the name and internet address of their oil and gas regulatory agency where available.
In 2021, the state said it documented 20,000 orphan wells in a report to the Interior Department. The Wayne National Forest is home to at least 200 abandoned oil and gas wells in southeast Ohio ...
A long-idled oil well in January 2021 in Noble County owned by Genesis Resources sprayed brine, a toxic byproduct of fracking, that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources would later determine ...
Noble County was home to the first North American oil well, the Thorla-McKee Well, which struck oil in 1814. [9] For a time this was a center of oil production in the state. In 1925, a United States Navy dirigible, USS Shenandoah, was caught in a storm over Noble County. It broke into several pieces, resulting in the deaths of 14 persons on ...
Jul. 5—In a win for ConocoPhillips, a federal judge has allowed the company to keep oil well data from its large Willow discovery from competitors. ConocoPhillips sued in May 2022 to prevent the ...
The first discovery of oil from a drilled well and first offshore oil rig placed in world history occurred in Ohio in 1814 in Noble County, and 1891 at Grand Lake St. Marys. [11] Ohio was the country's lead producer of oil between 1895 and 1903, until technology allowed further developments throughout the nation. [12]