API 16-169-00641OrphanedOil well
Sims, Edgar 2-E
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Emsinger & Edwards
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
Jul 9, 1963
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 17, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
337 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00641
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 37.02638, -85.65339
- State record #
- 2027410
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandage, Donald 1 | 16-169-00404 | Orphaned | Gas | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
| Bartley, Darrell 2 | 16-169-00134 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardison, Jerry L |
| Pitcock, J D 2 | 16-169-01300 | Other status | Other type | Southern Energy Partners, Inc |
| Bartley, Darrell 3 | 16-169-01248 | Other status | Other type | Hardison, Jerry L |
| Bartley, Darrell 1 | 16-169-00133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardison, Jerry L |
| Sandage, Donald 2 | 16-169-00403 | Orphaned | Gas | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.