API 16-169-04077OrphanedOil well
Harper, Paul 4
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Bell Ricky
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
Oct 24, 2011
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 28, 2011
Plug date
Jul 30, 2024
Total depth
278 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-04077
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 37.02364, -85.62083
- State record #
- 141153
Operator
- Wells operated
- 66
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BELL, RICKY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunnally, Lou Jean 5 | 16-169-01434 | Other status | Other type | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
| Bartley, Darrell 5 | 16-169-01240 | Other status | Other type | Hardison, Jerry L |
| Crumpton, Eugene 1 | 16-169-03937 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arcadia Energy LLC |
| Shaw, Jack 1 | 16-169-02649 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Matthews, Veachel E |
| Bartley, Darrell 4 | 16-169-00148 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hardison, Jerry L |
| Pitcock, J D 3 | 16-169-01299 | Other status | Other type | Southern Energy Partners, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.