API 16-149-00902OrphanedOil well
Vandiver, B G 2
Oil well in Mclean County, Kentucky · operated by Empire 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 25, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,244 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-149-00902
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Island North
- County
- Mclean
- Coordinates
- 37.45466, -87.16405
- State record #
- 13482
Operator
- Wells operated
- 383
- Active
- 79
- States
- CA, KY, WV
- As filed
- EMPIRE OIL & GAS CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Charles 1 | 16-177-03301 | Other status | Other type | Vogler, John F |
| Peerless Petroleum Co. 1 | 16-177-04066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheeseman, Mike |
| Reis, C A 1 | KY:2031630 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beshear, C O |
| Gregory, Eckles B 1 | 16-177-03673 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Gas Transmission LLC |
| Miller, Carl 1 | 16-177-03995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Putnam, B H |
| Noffsinger, B E 1 | KY:2031626 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peerless Petroleum Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.