API 16-057-01213OrphanedOil well
Melton, Elmer 8
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
Jun 9, 1983
Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-01213
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bow Cons
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.74589, -85.38128
- State record #
- 71430
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Day Adventist Church 2 | 16-057-00756 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marks, Milton |
| Spears, Winnie 4 | 16-057-02757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Smith, Sam Dlb-3 | 16-171-00819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barrett Oil Co |
| Smith, Sam 4 | 16-171-00354 | Other status | Other type | Barrett Oil Co |
| Scott, Claude 1 | 16-057-00190 | Active | Oil | Marsh, Raymond R |
| Scott, Claude 1 | 16-057-06509 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daniel, Leon |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.