API 16-169-00537OrphanedOil well
Romines, Lewis 1b
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Ballard & Russell & Carlisle
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 20, 1964
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 5, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
328 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00537
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 37.03009, -85.58912
- State record #
- 2027813
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandage, Donald 3 | 16-169-00402 | Orphaned | Gas | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
| Harbison, Donald 2 | 16-169-00391 | Orphaned | Gas | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
| Shive, Teddy Wayne 1 | 16-169-02666 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mason, Charles D |
| Estes, Herman 1 | 16-169-01292 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | West Star Oil Corp |
| Gossett, Urey 1 | 16-169-03509 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roach, Freida |
| Sandage, Donald 4 | 16-169-01359 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.