API 16-065-00281OrphanedOil well
Ballard, John Simp 6a
Oil well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Bonanza 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
Nov 15, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
287 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00281
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Irvine-Furnace Cons
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.72649, -83.92772
- State record #
- 8511
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 1
- States
- CA, KS, KY, WY
- As filed
- BONANZA OIL CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East, Chris 5 | 16-065-01207 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Calmes, Darrell 1 | 16-065-00840 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reynolds Energy, Inc |
| Calmes, Dale 3 | 16-129-05281 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carpenter, A H |
| Unknown ? | 16-065-01671 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Goocey, Gobel 1 | 16-065-00861 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frazier, James O |
| Cox, Freddie 3 | 16-065-01398 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.