API 16-183-00187OrphanedOil well
Ward, Onie 2
Oil well in Ohio 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
Oct 23, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
635 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-183-00187
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bells Run
- County
- Ohio
- Coordinates
- 37.63002, -86.89896
- State record #
- 15727
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooten, G R 1 | KY:2033260 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunflower Oil & Gas Co |
| Carden, C B 1 | 16-183-03286 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Skiles Oil Co, Inc |
| Snell 1 | KY:26517 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcclosky, Pete |
| Luttrell, Bobby 1 | 16-183-03870 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helm Oil Co |
| Carden, C B Jr 1 | 16-183-02406 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J L Drilling Co |
| Tinsley, James 7 | KY:82178 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cobb, R E |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.