API 16-091-00335OrphanedOil well
Nicely, Melvin 1
Oil well in Hancock County, Kentucky · operated by Legg Raymond
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
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
486 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-091-00335
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hancock
- Coordinates
- 37.73970, -86.79347
- State record #
- 2015751
Operator
- Wells operated
- 156
- Active
- 16
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LEGG, RAYMOND
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford, Emma 1-W | 16-183-00591 | Active | Injection | Ambrose, B Sterling |
| Ralph, Orelie 1 | 16-183-04095 | Other status | Other type | Greer, James |
| Mayfield, Charles 1 | 16-183-03940 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheeseman, Mike |
| Karn, W P E-1-0 | 16-183-03769 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cooper & Lucier |
| Miller, J T 1-0 | 16-183-00682 | Orphaned | Oil | Ambrose, B Sterling |
| Roach Heirs 16 | 16-183-04143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder, Bert |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.