API 16-065-00098OrphanedOil well
Smyth, Delmar 24
Oil well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Circle 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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 13, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
873 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00098
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.71085, -83.76458
- State record #
- 37400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 54
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY, LA, MI
- As filed
- CIRCLE DRILLING, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcintosh, Roy 1 | 16-129-02425 | Orphaned | Other type | T & T Oil Co |
| Stamper, Charlie 1 | 16-129-05207 | Other status | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co |
| Mcintosh, Roy & Geneva 2 | 16-129-04057 | Orphaned | Oil | T & T Oil Co |
| Mcintosh, Roy & Geneva 1 | 16-129-04058 | Orphaned | Oil | T & T Oil Corp |
| Profitt, Ernest 5-Cw | 16-129-05151 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Pinnacle Land Company 1 | 16-129-05126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morris & White Supply Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.