API 16-091-00286OrphanedOil well
Ashworth Heirs B-4
Oil well in Hancock County, Kentucky · operated by N & H Development
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
Feb 29, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
421 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-091-00286
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hancock
- Coordinates
- 37.74913, -86.73713
- State record #
- 2016089
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10
- Active
- 5
- States
- KY
- As filed
- N & H DEVELOPMENT CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal, Estill 1 | 16-183-04160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ziegler, L D |
| Kelley, Ada Heirs 15-W | 16-183-00304 | Active | Injection | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Kelley, Ada 14 | 16-183-01444 | Other status | Other type | Puntney Engineering, Inc |
| Kelly, A P 2 | 16-183-04479 | Other status | Other type | D C Oil, Inc. |
| Royal, Estill & Juanita 1 | 16-183-01018 | Active | Oil | Brown, H V & Rowena |
| Burton, Ira 1 | 16-183-01790 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickers, H H |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.