API 16-057-01669OrphanedOil well
Melton Bros 4
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by John F Bell 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
May 20, 1982
Plug date
Feb 8, 2023
Total depth
1,622 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-01669
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Tanbark Cons
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.74865, -85.41678
- State record #
- 41951
Operator
- Wells operated
- 73
- Active
- 7
- States
- KY
- As filed
- JOHN F BELL OIL CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham & Hammer Lumber Co 2 | 16-171-01333 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kendall, Albert |
| Spears, Guy 2b | 16-171-00818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barrett Oil Co |
| Spears, Winnie Et Al 2 | 16-057-01236 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Key, Greg D1a | 16-171-02231 | Other status | Other type | H K A Enterprises Inc |
| Key, Greg D1a | 16-171-02373 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barrett Oil & Gas Inc |
| Graham & Hammer Lumber Co 1 | 16-171-01332 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kendall, Albert |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.