API 16-063-00358OrphanedOil well
Thornsbury, Otis 1
Oil well in Elliott County, Kentucky · operated by Preston Ralph W
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
Jan 15, 1951
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 23, 1951
Plug date
—
Total depth
619 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-063-00358
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Burke
- County
- Elliott
- Coordinates
- 38.11121, -83.04920
- State record #
- 77585
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- PRESTON, RALPH W
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillem, J C (25 Ac) 1 | KY:34579 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Unknown |
| Vanover, Merida 1 | 16-127-02193 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Appalachian Carbon Corp |
| Lyons, Jesse 25 | 16-115-00946 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blazer Energy Corp |
| Wheeler, Joe W1 | 16-115-01218 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
| Ferguson, M E 2 | KY:33702 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Unknown |
| Lyons, Jesse W24 | 16-115-01492 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | White, Charles C |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.