API 16-159-00344OrphanedGas well
Dempsey Heirs 6
Gas well in Martin County, Kentucky · operated by Ware Drilling
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
Sep 18, 1950
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 5, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,733 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-159-00344
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Big Sandy
- County
- Martin
- Coordinates
- 37.85806, -82.45909
- State record #
- 65430
Operator
- Wells operated
- 228
- Active
- 116
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WARE DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Natural Resources, Inc 23389 | 16-159-01142 | Active | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC |
| Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp Pk-136 | 16-159-01202 | Other status | Other type | Penn-Virginia Oil & Gas Corp |
| Pocahontas Devolopment Company 23817 | 16-159-01161 | Active | Oil | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC |
| Pocahontas Dev Corp (Mcgee, Wm) 9064 | 16-159-00625 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Pocahontas Dev Corp(C H Dempsey) 9149 | 16-159-00794 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp Pk 136 | 16-159-01216 | Active | Gas | Energy Corporation Of America |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.