API 16-057-00448OrphanedOil well
Jessup, James Norman 4
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Mcwisch Oil & Expl
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
Jul 23, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,525 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-00448
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Purgatory Hollow
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.83295, -85.39987
- State record #
- 27862
Operator
- Wells operated
- 6
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MCWISCH OIL & EXPL CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoots, Willard 2 | 16-057-02429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Betsy Corp |
| Humphrey, Michael & Brian Lj15 | KY:166344 | Other status | Other type | Garmon, James E |
| Rush, Leslie 2 | 16-057-04097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Finley, Willie |
| Humphrey, Michael & Brian Lj16 | KY:166343 | Other status | Other type | Garmon, James E |
| Geralds, Johnny 1 | 16-171-00489 | Other status | Other type | Thompson Drilling Co, Inc |
| Geralds, Johnny (Tr 2) 2 | 16-171-00083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alpha Energy, Inc Of Ohio |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.