API 16-159-00898OrphanedGas well
Dempsey Heirs 1
Gas well in Martin County, Kentucky · operated by Whitis Et Al
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
Mar 31, 1940
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,727 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-159-00898
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Big Sandy
- County
- Martin
- Coordinates
- 37.84913, -82.41983
- State record #
- 65427
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thacker, Garfield & Hazel 157 | 16-195-03664 | Active | Gas | Lauffer, James B, James M & N A |
| Triplett, Linville Tr-Poca Dev 8916 | 16-159-00183 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp Pk-299 A | 16-159-01503 | Active | Gas | Energy Corporation Of America |
| Pocahontas Land Corp 1 | 16-159-00370 | Active | Gas | Ware Drilling Co, Inc |
| Pocahontas Development Corp 21747 | 16-159-00439 | Active | Gas | Columbia Natural Resources, Inc |
| Pocahontas Development Corp 21915 | 16-159-00361 | Active | Gas | Columbia Natural Resources, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.