API 16-129-00540OrphanedOil well
Smyth, Wayne 1
Oil well in Lee County, Kentucky · operated by M & C Energy
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
Oct 21, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,012 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-129-00540
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Lee
- Coordinates
- 37.70530, -83.75061
- State record #
- 12082
Operator
- Wells operated
- 13
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- M & C ENERGY, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sipple, Elizabeth Un | 16-129-06526 | Other status | Other type | Sipple Oil Co |
| Abney, Hugh 1 | 16-129-04390 | Other status | Other type | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Harris Heirs 4 | 16-129-04912 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
| Hogan, Edward 1 | 16-129-02427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quick Service, Inc |
| Harris Heirs 3 | 16-129-04911 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
| Brother, Hogan 5 | 16-129-06273 | Active | Oil | American Natural Gas, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.