API 16-171-00291OrphanedOil well
Birge, Roy 3
Oil well in Monroe County, Kentucky · operated by 4 Carters & Welch
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
Sep 22, 1966
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 30, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
535 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-171-00291
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Sulphur Lick
- County
- Monroe
- Coordinates
- 36.78943, -85.73945
- State record #
- 74906
Operator
- Wells operated
- 17
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich, Evert 3 | 16-171-01652 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid South Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Mcpherson, Wallace 3 | 16-171-00442 | Other status | Other type | Hestand, Nebert |
| Spears, J E 2k | 16-171-00277 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Key Oil Co |
| Patterson, James 1a | 16-171-00540 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kruckenberg & Scott |
| Rich, Everett 4 | 16-171-01651 | Other status | Other type | Delta Gas Corp |
| Smith, George 1 | 16-171-02039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, Joe (Jr) |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.