API 16-065-00301OrphanedOil well
Smyth, Delmar 13a
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
Oct 15, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
889 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00301
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.70777, -83.76482
- State record #
- 32221
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Heirs 1 | 16-129-04909 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
| Brother, Hogan 4 | 16-129-06272 | Active | Oil | American Natural Gas, Inc |
| Brother, Hogan 3 | 16-129-06282 | Active | Oil | American Natural Gas, Inc |
| Hogan, Ted & J W Maloney 2 | 16-129-04560 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | M & C Energy, Inc |
| Lucy Belle Farms 1 | 16-129-05804 | Active | Oil | Vanderpool Petroleum, Inc |
| Lucy Belle Farms 2 | 16-129-05805 | Active | Oil | Vanderpool Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.