API 16-057-00577OrphanedOil well
Higginbotham, Conrad 11
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Southern Kentucky 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
Jan 24, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,559 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-00577
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Whetstone
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.80546, -85.25525
- State record #
- 6794
Operator
- Wells operated
- 75
- Active
- 9
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SOUTHERN KENTUCKY OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booher & Melton 1 | 16-057-02241 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Riddle Contractor |
| Jarvis Heirs 1 | 16-053-06032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sweitzer, Linwood J |
| Severe, Bobby 1a | 16-057-03575 | Other status | Other type | Commodore Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Willis, Perry 1 | 16-057-06951 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roach, Howard |
| Crawford, Lena 6 | 16-053-05665 | Other status | Other type | Petro-Tronics, Inc |
| Riddle, Donnie 7 | 16-057-02469 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Riddle Contractor |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.