API 16-169-03562OrphanedOil well
Norris, Preston 1
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Beck Oil
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
Apr 8, 2004
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
500 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-03562
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 36.86156, -85.70380
- State record #
- 127160
Operator
- Wells operated
- 123
- Active
- 72
- States
- KY, LA, WY
- As filed
- BECK OIL INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick, Edd 2-F | 16-171-00246 | Active | Oil | Falese Oil Co |
| Glass, Joe M 1 | 16-171-00672 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cone Oil Co, Inc |
| Turner, Ira 1 | 16-171-01779 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fykes, Charles |
| Corneham, Martin 1 | 16-171-01167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwards, Billy |
| Graves, A C 1 | 16-171-01337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kendall, Albert |
| Shirley, J R 5 | 16-171-01702 | Active | Oil | Cally, James J |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.