API 16-149-01244OrphanedOil well
Whitaker 1
Oil well in Mclean County, Kentucky · operated by Smith Earl R
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 22, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,330 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-149-01244
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Grindstone Hill
- County
- Mclean
- Coordinates
- 37.57303, -87.24983
- State record #
- 13533
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SMITH, EARL R
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandiver, B G Et Al E1w | 16-149-00291 | Orphaned | Injection | Empire Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Hoagland, Elihu 1 | 16-149-00725 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rappe, T & O V Vest |
| Bates, Rosie 1 | 16-149-02688 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Putnam 2 | 16-149-03597 | Other status | Other type | Texas Gas Transmission LLC |
| Vandiver, B G 1 | 16-149-01084 | Active | Oil | Empire Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Bates, Rosie E1w | 16-149-01696 | Other status | Other type | Empire Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.