API 16-053-00440OrphanedOil well
Elmore, Herbert 79
Oil well in Clinton County, Kentucky · operated by Land 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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 16, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,795 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-053-00440
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Highway East
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 36.76220, -85.21765
- State record #
- 5196
Operator
- Wells operated
- 81
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LAND OIL, LTD
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawhorn, Willie 1 | 16-053-00146 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Milner, R R |
| Ferguson Brothers 9376 | 16-053-01808 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Syndicated Options, Ltd |
| Taylor, Willie 1 | 16-053-02163 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wolf River Oil Co, Inc |
| Cross, Howard W 7 | 16-053-00608 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gatzke Drilling Co |
| Green, Zachery 1 | 16-053-03248 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fykes, Charles |
| Taylor, Michael 3 | 16-053-07570 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taylor Oil And Gas Expediting Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.