API 16-107-00540OrphanedOil well
Lutz, J V 1
Oil well in Hopkins County, Kentucky · operated by Browning Hl
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
Jul 31, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 16, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,139 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-107-00540
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Manitou
- County
- Hopkins
- Coordinates
- 37.38942, -87.56151
- State record #
- 56496
Operator
- Wells operated
- 15
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- BROWNING, H L
Location & nearby wells
Operate this well?
Claim your operator profile to keep well records accurate — verified operators can correct statuses and add plugging documentation.
Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek Coal Co 9 | 16-107-02018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Averritt, James A & Ella 1 | 16-107-00404 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Beeson, Richard W |
| Bourland Heirs 3 | 16-107-01575 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Antares Oil Corp |
| Brown, Willie M 1 | 16-107-01626 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mullenax, Grant |
| Daves, Clyde 1 | 16-107-01264 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fisher, J Ray & Harry E Beane |
| Bourland Heirs 1 | 16-107-01573 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Antares Oil Corp |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.