API 16-057-00499OrphanedOil well
Jessup, James Norman 6
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
Oct 25, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,556 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-00499
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Purgatory Hollow
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.83236, -85.39857
- State record #
- 28121
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capps, Earl 2 | 16-057-05225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Micon Exploration, Ltd |
| Smith, Randolph & House, Eliz 2 | 16-057-06653 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Smith, R N Et Al 1 | 16-057-07110 | Orphaned | Oil | Finley Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Dernehl, Robert 7 | 16-057-00898 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O C B, Inc |
| Finley, Minnie 1 | 16-057-01705 | Active | Oil | Alverson & Associates |
| Smith Randolph 6c | 16-057-03018 | Other status | Other type | Cassidy, Sam H |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.