API 16-213-00142OrphanedOil well
Fox, Gilbert & T C 3
Oil well in Simpson County, Kentucky · operated by Mccollum Allen E
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
Feb 6, 1992
Drilling began
Completion
Feb 6, 1992
Plug date
Aug 7, 2025
Total depth
600 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-213-00142
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Union Chapel Cons
- County
- Simpson
- Coordinates
- 36.70367, -86.51693
- State record #
- 105226
Operator
- Wells operated
- 38
- Active
- 0
- States
- AL, KY
- As filed
- MCCOLLUM, ALLEN E
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson, Wendell 1 | 16-213-00324 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grewe, Arthur |
| Whittmore, Edward 1 | 16-213-00162 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, James A |
| Denning, Hugh & Mike 1a | 16-213-00045 | Orphaned | Other type | Sentinel Land Co |
| Hunt, J A 1 | 16-213-00274 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Friendship Oil Co |
| Pirkle 1 | KY:2037540 | Other status | Other type | Dolly & Walk |
| Nesuarba, Reuben 1 | 16-213-00311 | Other status | Other type | Ken-Tex Oil Corp |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.