API 16-001-00104OrphanedOil well
Kessler, Garnett 2
Oil well in Adair County, Kentucky · operated by Johnson Willard L
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
May 2, 1974
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,496 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-001-00104
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Maple Grove School
- County
- Adair
- Coordinates
- 37.10219, -85.44110
- State record #
- 1137
Operator
- Wells operated
- 62
- Active
- 6
- States
- KY
- As filed
- JOHNSON, WILLARD L
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yardberry, G V 2 | 16-001-01724 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burness, J W Dba Petrotech Expl |
| Samuel, Donald 1 | 16-001-00731 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lamb, Bob |
| Samuel, Donald 1 | 16-001-00730 | Other status | Other type | Lamb, Bob |
| Samuels, Don 1 | 16-001-02669 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aztec Oil Co, Inc |
| Luttrell, Vernon 1 | 16-001-01197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aztec Oil Co, Inc |
| Stotts, Nanny 1 | 16-001-01255 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.