API 16-137-00016OrphanedOil well
New, J & V & E Elliott 2
Oil well in Lincoln County, Kentucky · operated by Southern States Oil & Gas
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
Jan 12, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
289 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-137-00016
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Buck Creek
- County
- Lincoln
- Coordinates
- 37.40250, -84.62196
- State record #
- 44474
Operator
- Wells operated
- 5
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SOUTHERN STATES OIL & GAS CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton, W E | KY:68371 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gilpin Et Al |
| Ruckel, Leonard 1 | 16-137-00261 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huffaker, George |
| Wallis, B E 1 | 16-199-00084 | Orphaned | Gas | Gooch, C L |
| Hart, Elmer 1 | 16-199-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gooch, C L |
| Pumphrey, Cecil 2 | 16-053-03721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pumphrey, Clarence |
| Pumphrey, Cecil 1 | 16-199-00089 | Orphaned | Gas | Pumphrey, Clarence |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.