API 16-171-00289OrphanedOil well
Birge, Roy 1
Oil well in Monroe County, Kentucky · operated by Carter & Mcmurtrey & Short
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
Aug 13, 1965
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 17, 1965
Plug date
Jan 30, 1982
Total depth
524 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-171-00289
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Sulphur Lick
- County
- Monroe
- Coordinates
- 36.78847, -85.73903
- State record #
- 14732
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcpherson, Wallace 1 | 16-171-01556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kendall, Albert |
| Downing, J M Dr 3 | 16-171-01202 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid South Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Botts, Mitchell J 1 | 16-171-01037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hood, Argus |
| Downing, J M Dr 6 | 16-171-01203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid South Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Short, Michael & Gaye 1 | 16-171-02289 | Other status | Other type | Hos Energy LLC |
| Rich, Evert 3 | 16-171-01652 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid South Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.