API 16-159-01097OrphanedGas well
Dempsey, Mark Heirs 12
Gas well in Martin County, Kentucky · operated by Meng Charles H
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
Mar 30, 1998
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 6, 1998
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,120 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-159-01097
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Big Sandy
- County
- Martin
- Coordinates
- 37.86648, -82.42558
- State record #
- 115662
Operator
- Wells operated
- 26
- Active
- 18
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MENG, CHARLES H
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Land Corp 20456 | 16-159-00245 | Active | Gas | Columbia |
| Goff Heirs Ch-317 | 16-159-00812 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolf Creek Collieries Co |
| Columbia Natural Resources 24587 | 16-159-01263 | Active | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC |
| Columbia Natural Resources 24587 | 16-159-01221 | Other status | Other type | Columbia Natural Res, Inc |
| Pocahontas Development Corp 9002 | 16-159-00790 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Federal Gas, Oil & Coal Co 6795 | 16-159-00552 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | United Fuel Gas Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.