API 16-065-00283OrphanedOil well
Ballard, John Simp 8a
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
Oct 10, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
593 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00283
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Irvine-Furnace Cons
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.73094, -83.92776
- State record #
- 30877
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 1
- States
- CA, KS, KY, WY
- As filed
- BONANZA OIL CO, INC
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East, Chris 2 | 16-065-01194 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| East, Chris 1 | 16-065-01193 | Other status | Other type | Ce Oil, Inc |
| Clark, Thomas D & Elizabeth 4 | 16-065-00843 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ravenna Oil Co |
| Miller, Monroe 1 | 16-065-00931 | Other status | Other type | Pineur, Louis |
| Arvin, A C 1 | 16-065-00621 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reynolds Energy, Inc |
| Stakelback & Stamper 2 | 16-065-00336 | Active | Oil | Stakelback, Dale |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.