API 16-091-00292OrphanedOil well
Fuchs, Wallace E 1
Oil well in Hancock County, Kentucky · operated by Nail E Buford Et Al
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
Sep 13, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 4, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
795 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-091-00292
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hancock
- Coordinates
- 37.81658, -86.80553
- State record #
- 2016782
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- NAIL, E BUFORD ET AL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey, Elizabeth 7 | 16-183-00223 | Orphaned | Oil | Monitor Petroleum Co |
| Ewan, James M 1 | 16-183-03435 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daugherty, Robert |
| Lindsey, Elizabeth 5-W | 16-183-03112 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Monitor Petroleum Co |
| Miller, D M B | 16-183-05048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Howard, Edward 3 | 16-059-05135 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ecus Corp |
| Lindsey, Elizabeth H 14 | 16-183-03860 | Other status | Other type | Bell, Raymond |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.