API 16-147-00075OrphanedOil well
Foster, Boyce & Jack Roberts 1
Oil well in Mccreary County, Kentucky · operated by Pyle Earl
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
Jul 12, 1962
Plug date
Feb 22, 2023
Total depth
550 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-147-00075
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Mccreary
- Coordinates
- 36.74458, -84.65773
- State record #
- 2023806
Operator
- Wells operated
- 34
- Active
- 2
- States
- KY
- As filed
- PYLE, EARL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty, Martin | 16-147-00443 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Huling, Marcus & A Zimmerman |
| Beatty, Martin 2 | 16-147-00444 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Stearns Coal & Lumber Co 6 | 16-147-00105 | Other status | Other type | Riddle, H K |
| Stearns Coal & Lumber Co 1 | KY:13311 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brayer, A |
| Beaty, Martin 3 | 16-147-00445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Stearns Coal & Lumber Co 8 | 16-147-00099 | Other status | Other type | Riddle, H K |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.