API 16-059-01686OrphanedOil well
Brooks, Russell 1
Oil 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
Feb 7, 1974
Plug date
Jan 11, 2023
Total depth
1,880 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-01686
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Glenville Cons
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.63442, -87.18585
- State record #
- 66580
Operator
- Wells operated
- 383
- Active
- 79
- States
- CA, KY, WV
- As filed
- EMPIRE OIL & GAS CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant, H E 8 | 16-149-00032 | Orphaned | Oil | Tamarack Petroleum Co |
| Howard, Otto 4awiw | 16-149-01838 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Taylor, W D 2 | 16-149-02348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, J C |
| Hudson, George 1 | 16-149-00714 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jackson, R G |
| Kittinger "A" 5 | 16-149-00113 | Orphaned | Oil | Kit Development Corp |
| Hudson, George 1 | KY:2024629 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller & Shiarella |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.