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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

Smith Earl R

Wells operated
2
Active
1
States
KY
As filed
SMITH, EARL R

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Vandiver, B G Et Al E1w16-149-00291OrphanedInjectionEmpire Oil & Gas Co, Inc
Hoagland, Elihu 116-149-00725Plugged & abandonedOther typeRappe, T & O V Vest
Bates, Rosie 116-149-02688Plugged & abandonedOilHar-Ken Oil Co
Putnam 216-149-03597Other statusOther typeTexas Gas Transmission LLC
Vandiver, B G 116-149-01084ActiveOilEmpire Oil & Gas Co, Inc
Bates, Rosie E1w16-149-01696Other statusOther typeEmpire Oil & Gas Co, Inc

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.