API 16-129-06326OrphanedOil well
Gross, Henry 7
Oil well in Lee County, Kentucky · operated by Eastern Gulf Oil
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
May 3, 1919
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,048 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-129-06326
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Lee
- Coordinates
- 37.66469, -83.72401
- State record #
- 11933
Operator
- Wells operated
- 174
- Active
- 73
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- EASTERN GULF OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapleton, Park 1 | 16-129-05211 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker, David L |
| Bull Mountain 1w | 16-129-03743 | Active | Injection | Lee County Oil Co |
| Brandenburg Mineral Co Kl1059 | 16-129-04796 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Brandenburg Mineral Co Kl1067 | 16-129-03747 | Other status | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Lyons, F A Jr 1 | 16-129-05599 | Other status | Other type | Jone & Dyer |
| Fox, Cecil 1 | 16-129-05494 | Other status | Other type | Kincaid, Cecil |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.