API 16-101-01457OrphanedOil well
Melton, H I 3
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Ashland Oil & Refining
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
Sep 12, 1960
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,230 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-01457
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Poole Cons
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.64551, -87.67359
- State record #
- 19951
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3,332
- Active
- 910
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, NY
- As filed
- ASHLAND OIL & REFINING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cates, Burnice L 1 | 16-233-01703 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beeson, Richard W |
| Bridwell, Travis 1 | 16-233-02129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Co |
| Cates, Burnice L 1 | 16-233-01704 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R |
| Marks, Cleo 1 | 16-233-01929 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Engle, George S |
| Winstead, William C 1 | 16-233-01332 | Other status | Other type | Floyd E Williams Equipment Co |
| Williams 1 | 16-233-01286 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cinco Operating Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.