API 16-121-00864OrphanedGas well
North Jellico Coal Co 1
Gas well in Knox County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration
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
Sep 27, 1926
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 24, 1926
Plug date
Apr 15, 2017
Total depth
1,402 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-121-00864
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Indian Creek
- County
- Knox
- Coordinates
- 36.90198, -83.99668
- State record #
- 77425
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,248
- Active
- 940
- States
- CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-Hill 1 | 16-235-01098 | Other status | Other type | Shepherd Oil, Inc |
| Warfield, Cecil 2 | 16-121-00475 | Other status | Other type | Southern Drilling Co, Inc |
| Gambrell, Tommy 1 | 16-121-00624 | Active | Gas | Ken-Tex Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Smith, Donald & Fred Johnson 1 | 16-235-00630 | Active | Gas | Shepherd Oil, Inc |
| Unknown | KY:53382 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Sizemore, Bill 1 | 16-121-00440 | Other status | Other type | Daugherty Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.