API 16-053-01152OrphanedOil well
Ballew, Alpha 2
Oil well in Clinton County, Kentucky · operated by Hess 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 21, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
401 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-053-01152
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Desda
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 36.84910, -85.17919
- State record #
- 111168
Operator
- Wells operated
- 472
- Active
- 137
- States
- CA, KS, KY
- As filed
- HESS OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley, Jim Heirs 2 | 16-057-01671 | Orphaned | Oil | Bigor Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Sell, Ronald 15 | 16-057-04102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Papineau Construction Co |
| Pickens, Elizabeth 2a | 16-053-04365 | Other status | Other type | Explo Oil, Inc |
| Pickens, Elizabeth 2a | 16-053-04905 | Other status | Other type | Explo Oil, Inc |
| Pickens, Elizabeth 2a (Revise | 16-053-06396 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Explo Oil, Inc |
| Jocary Jamada, Inc 1a | 16-053-01302 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reliance Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.