API 16-237-00472OrphanedGas well
Smith, Letcher 1
Gas well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Young
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
Nov 18, 1963
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 3, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,468 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00472
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Holly Creek
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.66318, -83.44167
- State record #
- 80354
Operator
- Wells operated
- 250
- Active
- 100
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- YOUNG, L C
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts, Dewey Bdd1 | 16-025-00548 | Orphaned | Oil | Bush, C E |
| Wyatt, Leonard 2 | 16-025-01130 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wagner, E J |
| Mullins, Samuel K1609 | 16-025-01142 | Other status | Other type | Preston Oil Co |
| Mullins, Sam Heirs 1 | 16-025-00225 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vogler, Pat |
| Shouse, Heather 2 | 16-025-01325 | Other status | Other type | Bradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co |
| Watts (Robert Turner, Sur) 1 | 16-025-00072 | Orphaned | Oil | Petroleum Exploration Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.