API 16-025-00165OrphanedOil well
Noble, Pauline 1
Oil well in Breathitt County, Kentucky · operated by Young Lc & Ep Gallagher
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 12, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 18, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,344 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-025-00165
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Lawson
- County
- Breathitt
- Coordinates
- 37.60410, -83.45508
- State record #
- 75610
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- YOUNG, L C & E P GALLAGHER
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert, Sara Jane 3 | 16-025-00371 | Other status | Other type | Reynolds, Porter |
| Hounshell, Evans 1 | 16-025-00985 | Active | Oil | Preston Oil Co |
| Combs, Sam 2 | 16-025-00101 | Orphaned | Oil | Annoil Co |
| Hollon, Orph (Heirs) 2 | 16-025-00984 | Other status | Other type | Rudolph, Charles R |
| Combs, Sam 2 | 16-025-00763 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prather, Earl |
| Short, John 2 | KY:76017 | Active | Oil | Bush, C E & A H Carpenter |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.