API 16-101-02308OrphanedOil well
Sellars, Isham A 7
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Cherry & Kidd
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
May 9, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,197 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-02308
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Corydon South
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.71287, -87.70645
- State record #
- 10140
Operator
- Wells operated
- 54
- Active
- 15
- States
- IL, KY, MT
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Heirs 1 | 16-233-01933 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Portis, R W |
| Puryear, Sam 1 | 16-233-01404 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Big Basin Oil Co, Inc |
| Melton, Cora 1 | 16-233-01537 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Waggoner, E W |
| Morehead, John 7 | KY:61488 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George, T W |
| Morehead, John 4 | 16-233-00555 | Other status | Other type | Lacy Et Al |
| Morehead, John 5 | 16-233-01946 | Other status | Other type | George, T W |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.