API 16-053-00393OrphanedOil well
Elmore, George 2
Oil well in Clinton County, Kentucky · operated by Mcwhorter Drilling
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
Aug 5, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
854 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-053-00393
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Highway East
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 36.75460, -85.21850
- State record #
- 5189
Operator
- Wells operated
- 90
- Active
- 10
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MCWHORTER DRILLING CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallwood, Taylor 1 | 16-053-05116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pioneer Energies, Inc |
| Lee, Ralph 1 | 16-053-02592 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro 7, Inc |
| Ferguson Bros 1a | KY:123682 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blazer Energy Corp |
| Speck, Ila Mae 1 | 16-053-07382 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swo & Ism, LLC |
| Boles, Robert Paul Cf N1 | 16-053-07745 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Boles, Robert Unk 1a | 16-053-07720 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.