API 16-129-00710OrphanedOil well
Smyth, Shelby Bg2
Oil well in Lee County, Kentucky · operated by Royal State Drilling
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
Nov 9, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
860 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-129-00710
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Lee
- Coordinates
- 37.69931, -83.76385
- State record #
- 26906
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 11
- States
- KY
- As filed
- ROYAL STATE DRILLING CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trabue Heirs 14 | KY:2020626 | Other status | Other type | B S H Harris Jr |
| Trabue Heirs 2 | 16-129-04300 | Other status | Other type | Schuster Homes Inc |
| Trabue Heirs 1 | 16-129-04299 | Other status | Other type | Schuster Homes Inc |
| Trabue Heirs 3 | 16-129-04301 | Other status | Other type | Schuster Homes Inc |
| Trabue Heirs 18 | 16-129-00200 | Active | Oil | Barrett, Darvel |
| Trabue Heirs 4 | 16-129-04302 | Other status | Other type | Schuster Homes Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.