API 16-031-00449OrphanedOil well
Embry, D B 3
Oil well in Butler County, Kentucky · operated by Lane 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.
Spud date
Jun 21, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 23, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
440 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-031-00449
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Forgys Mill East
- County
- Butler
- Coordinates
- 37.08887, -86.87836
- State record #
- 56027
Operator
- Wells operated
- 64
- Active
- 15
- States
- IL, KY, NY
- As filed
- LANE OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jones, Orville 2 | 16-141-00393 | Orphaned | Other type | Avenger Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Gorham, Clyde 1 | 16-141-00151 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blue Grass Exploration Co |
| Puckett, Alton 1 | 16-141-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Watts, James R |
| Gorham, Clyde 2 | 16-141-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blue Grass Exploration Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.