API 16-053-01070OrphanedOil well
Hicks, Jim 3
Oil well in Clinton County, Kentucky · operated by Watkins Sam H
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 25, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,790 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-053-01070
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Petty Knob
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 36.73472, -85.16594
- State record #
- 4683
Operator
- Wells operated
- 81
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WATKINS, SAM H
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well 41-137-20568 | 41-137-20568 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Beard, Greg 1r | 16-053-07046 | Other status | Other type | Rick-Rod Oil Company, Inc |
| Asberry, Clementine 1 | 16-053-06658 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Asberry, Michael |
| Asberry, Howard 3 | 16-053-05402 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Idaco, Inc |
| Crawford, W D 1 | 16-053-00717 | Orphaned | Other type | Clico, Inc |
| Tompkins, Paul 5 | 16-053-02428 | Active | Gas | Blue Ridge Drlg & Operating, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.