API 16-207-00103OrphanedOil well
Higgenbotham, Alfred 3
Oil well in Russell County, Kentucky · operated by Ballenger Earl
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
Dec 22, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 29, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,805 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-207-00103
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Union Chapel School
- County
- Russell
- Coordinates
- 36.92017, -85.15338
- State record #
- 48863
Operator
- Wells operated
- 14
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BALLENGER, EARL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughter, I J Ca224 | KY:32138 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cominco American, Inc |
| Papineau Construction Co 1 | 16-053-03541 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Papineau Construction Co |
| Brown, Deloy Et Al 1 | 16-053-07549 | Other status | Other type | Swo & Ism, LLC |
| Carlton, Willie A-4 | 16-053-06515 | Orphaned | Other type | Jarvis Drlg, Inc |
| Dickens, Carvin 6p | 16-057-03193 | Other status | Other type | Mcwhorter Drilling Co |
| Simpson, Bill 1 | 16-053-00990 | Orphaned | Other type | Chi Con Drilling |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.