Exploring an Abandoned Wellsite in SE Ohio
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2019
- In this video, Derek walks through an old abandoned wellsite and provides his thoughts on the potential dangers and issues with abandoned wells.
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Great video, I learned a lot! Thank you!
Beautiful machine miss seeing them working thanks for sharing
Amazing explanation
not much to worry about---a video somewhere of a steam boiler setting in a california ravine since around 1900---old steam engine pump was there for the oil well was there---long time ago
Basic Scenario: SE Ohio shallow and deep oil wells from the 60’s with controls (timers) that are connected to a gas pipeline.... Can you make a video and talk about the ways to align production controls with the well (formation) production? It would also be great to hear about the science behind how different gas and liquid pressures at different wells impact oil production.
Thank You!!!!
I ran across a bunch of those in Wayne National Forest
yeah the difficulty at getting at some of these wells is half of the problem... the cost of sealing an old well can be marginal compared to the cost of clearing forest to get the equipment in
That pumping unit is a Alten brand
how can you tell? Was it on the beam? Thanks!
Riveted oil tank batteries are are from the 20s to the 40s.
Me and my friend are looking for more we want to find one of these ones that you found.
What part of Ohio are your from? There’s a few abandoned ones where I live. Used to be a lot more in my area but the company removed most of them in 2020
There was a drilling rig there at one point so there a lot of room needed
It appears to be a very marginal producer in its day. Most likely the need for gearbox repairs exceeded the profit margin and they just left it. Not the best solution, but it happens. Here in Kansas the KCC monitors each drilled well and requires either repairs or plugging if left inactive for a specified period. It would be hard to pull with the tubing parted at the surface, not to mention the difficulty of accessing it. It's no doubt just a few hundred feet deep, and your fresh water should be protected by an initial string of larger surface casing. Not the best solution, but you could hook up a line where the gas line comes out and fill it with cement slurry, which would effectively seal up everything below.
Any idea how many feet into the ground it goes?
The hose and hose clamp look fairly recent.
The well is not pugged ,because the rod is still in there ! ! !
How can one find the info on old oil wells in Ohio if the documentation exists?
ODNR website.
Pretty neat find, really weird for it to be in the middle of nowhere.
Actually, they're all over the place! It's crazy!
@@OilfieldBasics who would have owned it. How long would this be abandoned for.
How did they sell the oil?.
Interesting .....
@@patboland1650 Hey Pat! I'm not sure who previously owned it. Some small operator probably. These old wells can be old enough that they predate the requirements of keeping records. Any more decent development over the past few decades is vastly different. It's been abandoned at least all my life...20+ years. As far as how they sold the oil, there would've been an old road down over the hill to it but it has since been overgrown.
@@OilfieldBasics you may be able to reactivate those wells, big $
I'm an operator in the Gulf of Mexico. Never been on land tho none the less really cool find.
Cool dog
Sweet flow line 😂
Bring it back to life
what formatation is this on
Wow if that is OLD tank! They haven't riveted tanks together for 70+ years!
We got some old stuff up here!
should be recovered, those tanks are really nice and visually pleasing
We still have wood tanks.
what brand of pump jack was it
I believe it was an Alten.
If this was plugged, why would it still be connected to the lifter?
I think it was just abandoned as is.
Is there any h2s in southern ohio?????
That steel tank looks like it used to be a steam boiler
be good to get that metal-recovery CZcams gal coming down here to work on this
Fun Fact. Ohio was the original Oil Mecca in America.
They also say that there is mismanagement in Russia.Еще говорят что в России безхозяйственность.
Lol unreal at least you don’t have to worry about the tree growing and opening the 1” on the tubing with no hex plug, plastic line 😂crazy don’t see this in Canada
Could ve been a Wild Card maybe?
The unfortunate thing with orphan wells is that the cash bond which is put up by the operator prior to the well being drilled usually is not enough to pay to have the well P&A'd if the operator were to disappear and leave the state (Ohio) with the asset. This is the fault of the state. Not out of ignorance of market rate for well operations, but out of necessity to incentivize smaller mom&pop operators to develop resources that larger operators would not even touch. Policy passed on the grounds of short term profits.
It's going to be up to the private industry to develop the environmentally safe and economic solutions to P&A these ancient orphan wells with the very small cash bonds put up on them (some as little as $5,000.00).
A smart solution for states moving forward would be to form a state run corporation which can manage a portfolio of securities (stocks and bonds) that the cash bonds are invested into; thereby alleviating the cash bond inflation problem which has plagued the orphan wells up to this point. That $5,000.00 cash bond put on a well drilled in 1950 growing at the stock market rate of ~7% would be $569,946.96 today. Enough money for a skeleton crew to properly abandon a well like the one shown in the video.
Hopefully those bonds were properly invested at the time they were posted. If not, shame on the state, they’ll have to eat the cost. Better to see if the wells can produce with modern technology.
Lets keep the State from diverting that money to graft and Politicians pet projects.
“Orphan well” official name.
**Not trying to be a smartass. Just want to help future readers**
Maybe orphan .... Would need to look up the state record on the well to verify that the asset is in fact orphaned and isn't just being left for a pressure build up period/recovery period. Orphaned assets imply that the asset owner does not exist anymore (i.e. owner passed away without a will or company dissolved).
@@safety_sid Lol! Nobodies going to accept the liability of plugging or operating this one, except the State!🏦🏦🏦
@@darenlowery1235 You're exactly right. Unfortunately the state of Ohio doesn't have an oilfield task force or what not to deal with it (nor does any state for that matter). All they have (...maybe) is the cash bond put up on it which judging by the look of the well can't be more than $20,000.00. It'll be up to whatever crazy good Samaritan out there to decide whether they can do the job for that and either break even or make a little cash. I've heard of operations running off of a cash bond so janky the crews were pumping balanced plugs of portland cement with trash pumps and setting bridge plugs with pulleys and rope by hand.
How the hell is this thing not sealed and cemented for safety ?? Looks like someone got paid off.
Are you on your own property?
Me have found three abandon cell towers in the forest forest near us in ohio.
I own 40.3 acres in south central Ohio and wonder how to see if I own mineral rights.
That thing will be there for the next 80-90 years before it poses a fall hazard ... I'd be more worried about falling in a hole, wasp and snakes haha ..
Dude where's the SUMP, the major source of pollution, I doubt if it was Gunite lined.
I wonder if the EPA knows about the old well. I know they pay to have them plugged time to time.
That well if reconditioned would probably produce again
Crude oil is a pretty good fertilizer. Now produced water will kill everything. Lol
Who the hell uses an automotive clamp to clamp a plastic hose to the flow Tee? Definitely sketchy!
Interesting there's no valve on that line. Not exactly a high end operation.
Look like a water pump
Since it is a dead well are you still receiving payment for surface rights? The last payer would be the legal owner.
My friend Olivia thinks you're cute and wants your phone number lol
Barnstable Commons weirdo
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