API 16-057-01040OrphanedOil well
Melton, Elmer 2
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Volunteer 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
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Drilling began
Completion
Jan 13, 1983
Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-01040
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bow Cons
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.74129, -85.38569
- State record #
- 71438
Operator
- Wells operated
- 87
- Active
- 6
- States
- KY
- As filed
- VOLUNTEER DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overstreet, Mitchell 2 | 16-171-00814 | Other status | Other type | Barrett Oil Co |
| Cott, Elmer 2s | 16-171-01691 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Coe Heirs 2 | 16-171-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cumberland Drilling, Inc |
| Short, Tessie 3 | 16-057-06590 | Active | Oil | 4 Carters & Welch |
| Monroe, Steve 4 | 16-171-02233 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Omr Drilling & Acquisition LLC |
| Monroe, Steve 2 | 16-171-02212 | Active | Oil | Omr Drilling & Acquisition LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.