API 16-057-00043OrphanedOil well
Stockton, Richard 7
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Russell County 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
Mar 15, 1987
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 18, 1987
Plug date
Feb 5, 2008
Total depth
1,335 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-00043
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Whites Bottom
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.78778, -85.42333
- State record #
- 75963
Operator
- Wells operated
- 29
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- RUSSELL COUNTY DRILLING, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter-Finley 3 | 16-171-01107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mesalam, Joe |
| Watson, Sarah Heirs 1 | 16-057-01654 | Orphaned | Oil | Joseph, D John |
| Watson Heirs 1 | 16-057-00009 | Active | Oil | Brown, Robert S |
| Groce Estate 8 | 16-057-05679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyman Frost Drilling Co, Inc |
| Wells, Carmon 35 | 16-057-03387 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Leonidas Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Groce Estates 19 | 16-057-04399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C & S Production |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.