API 16-169-00348OrphanedGas well
Knipp, A B 1
Gas well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Fort Knox Exploration
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
May 6, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 14, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,955 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00348
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Unnamed
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 36.88097, -85.61968
- State record #
- 57582
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- FORT KNOX EXPLORATION CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spears, Sidney 1 | 16-171-00803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H T Oil, Inc |
| Bushong, W R 3 | 16-171-01083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hi-Plains Production, Inc |
| Sherrell, Clyde 1a | 16-057-06577 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freedom Oil Co, Inc |
| Spears, Mitchell 1b | 16-171-01739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, Eugene |
| Spears, Sid 1 | 16-171-00589 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hestand, Nebert |
| Spears, Mitchell 2 | 16-171-00348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, Eugene |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.