API 16-177-00058OrphanedOil well
C & S Coal Corp 1a
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Empire Oil & Gas
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 30, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,045 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00058
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bards Hill
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.18961, -87.29278
- State record #
- 15204
Operator
- Wells operated
- 383
- Active
- 79
- States
- CA, KY, WV
- As filed
- EMPIRE OIL & GAS CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Earl 6a | 16-047-01046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Green River Gas Co, Inc |
| Wells, Otha 2 | KY:2003919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland Contracting Co |
| Sharber, J C 9 | 16-047-02015 | Orphaned | Oil | Anderson, G K |
| SHARBER, J C unknown | 16-047-02019 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| YOUNG, STELLA unknown | 16-047-01903 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Lemons, J W 4 | 16-047-00600 | Active | Oil | Ryan Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.