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API 16-059-01664OrphanedGas well

Blanchard 1

Gas well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Empire Oil & Gas

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

Plug date

Total depth

751 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-059-01664
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Gas(GAS)
County
Daviess
Coordinates
37.76064, -86.82496
State record #
2012046

Operator

Empire Oil & Gas

Wells operated
383
Active
79
States
CA, KY, WV
As filed
EMPIRE OIL & GAS CO

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Kelly, Ada 1KY:25861ActiveOilUnknown
Rogers, E P 916-183-04863OrphanedOther typeUnknown
Royal, T P 316-183-05342OrphanedOther typeUnknown
Russelburg, Willie B 116-183-04174Other statusOther typeWard, Joe
Sanders, William H R-5ab16-183-00727Plugged & abandonedOther typeMar-Shan Oil Co, Inc
Farmer, Nancy 716-183-05352OrphanedOther typeUnknown

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.