API 16-053-00506OrphanedOil well
Elmore, George 3
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
Nov 19, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,775 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-053-00506
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Highway East
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 36.75515, -85.21961
- State record #
- 5190
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber, Roger & Mary Francis 1 | 16-053-04510 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clinton County Crude |
| Lowhorn, Victor 1 | 16-053-03265 | Other status | Other type | Land Oil, Ltd |
| Lee, Lester 1 | 16-053-03116 | Other status | Other type | Gossett, William A |
| Lee, Lester 1 | 16-053-03210 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Volunteer Drilling Co, Inc |
| S & L Poured Wall, Inc Bighorn 4a | 16-053-07657 | Other status | Other type | Strata Tech Services, Inc |
| Wells, Bobby Et Al 190-1 | 16-053-04944 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilco Leasing, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.