API 16-025-00556OrphanedOil well
Spencer, Granville Heirs 1
Oil well in Breathitt County, Kentucky · operated by Alfords Branch Oil
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.
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Registry record
- API #
- 16-025-00556
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Highland
- County
- Breathitt
- Coordinates
- 37.52156, -83.45370
- State record #
- 77563
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- ALFORDS BRANCH OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald, Alex 1 | 16-025-00969 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mccoun, Edsel |
| Mcintosh, Estill 1 | 16-189-00170 | Orphaned | Other type | Ventura Oil Co |
| Herald, John & Robert 1 | 16-025-01135 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, Marie R |
| Day, Golden 1 | KY:76029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Co |
| Raleigh, Elbert 1 | KY:76014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherman, Ralph |
| Turner, Johnny 1 | KY:76013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherman, Ralph |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.