API 16-031-00370OrphanedOil well
Grise, Claude 2
Oil well in Butler County, Kentucky · operated by Smith Gl
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
Apr 26, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
May 13, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
333 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-031-00370
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Forgys Mill East
- County
- Butler
- Coordinates
- 37.08612, -86.88161
- State record #
- 56617
Operator
- Wells operated
- 30
- Active
- 8
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SMITH, G L
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller, D 2 | KY:12657 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcginley, Paul |
| Houchens, Don 1 | 16-141-00108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weal Drilling Co, Inc |
| Duer, James A 1 | 16-141-00100 | Active | Oil | Kraner, Jerry L |
| Boucher, George W 42 | KY:102544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Green Coal Co |
| Oberhanson, Dwight 5 | 16-141-00137 | Other status | Other type | Blue Ridge Group, Inc |
| Jones, Orville 3 | 16-141-00394 | Orphaned | Other type | Avenger Oil & Gas, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.