API 16-101-07303OrphanedOil well
Overfield, O W 4
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Schneider & Gwinn
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
Jul 15, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
671 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-07303
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Niagara
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.68104, -87.48576
- State record #
- 20242
Operator
- Wells operated
- 6
- Active
- 1
- States
- IL, KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarber, Aleta 1 | 16-233-02072 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Simpkins, Joe |
| Brown, James 1 | 16-233-01686 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Engle, George S |
| Knight, Wilford 1 | 16-233-02251 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skiles Oil Co, Inc |
| Stull, Roy 1 | 16-233-02095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co |
| Knight, Ernest 1 | 16-233-01103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Westfall Drilling Co |
| Knight, E 1 | KY:58655 | Active | Oil | Witt, W F |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.