API 16-169-00914OrphanedOil well
Smith, Rufus 1
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Roach Freida
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
Mar 29, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 14, 1962
Plug date
Mar 13, 2012
Total depth
237 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00914
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 36.96392, -85.57423
- State record #
- 2028138
Operator
- Wells operated
- 141
- Active
- 24
- States
- KY
- As filed
- ROACH, FREIDA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw, Bessie 1 | 16-057-01504 | Orphaned | Other type | Apache O & G Transmission, Inc |
| Anderson, Curtis 1 | 16-057-04972 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Gentals, John 3 | 16-057-05631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moore, Rose N |
| Hodges, Loyd 2 | 16-169-04133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | V & T Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Anderson, Curtis 2 | 16-057-04973 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Muse, Sanford 1 | 16-057-06170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apache O & G Transmission, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.