API 16-127-00736OrphanedOil well
Birchwell, Elmer 1
Oil well in Lawrence County, Kentucky · operated by Bertram Thacker & Burnett
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
Apr 3, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 26, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,087 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-127-00736
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Isonville Cons
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.01678, -83.00284
- State record #
- 85502
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BERTRAM, THACKER & BURNETT
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallen, Cora N2 | 16-115-00367 | Active | Oil | Kincheloe, Jack |
| Cantrell, Ronald & Mollie Heirs 324 | 16-175-00020 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Wallen, Cora Ct1 | 16-115-00248 | Orphaned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Wallen, Cora 4 | KY:45312 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Patterson, Elizabeth Etals 3 | 16-175-00368 | Other status | Other type | Hay Exploration, Inc |
| Unknown | KY:46526 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.