APPALACHIAN BASIN OF EAST KENTUCKY (BASIN 160)


Coal fields of eastern Kentucky
1995 COMPLETIONS
WELL CLASSIFICATION OIL GAS O&G DRY TOTAL

% SUCCESSFUL

NEW POOL OR FIELD WILDCAT

0

3

0

3

6

WILDCAT WELLS = 50
DEEPER POOL TEST

0

5

0

0

5

DEEPER POOL TESTS = 100
SHALLOWER POOL TEST

0

1

0

0

1

POOL EXTENSION

0

15

0

2

17

EXPLORATORY WELLS = 79
POOL DEVELOPMENT

13

255

4

14

286

DEVELOPMENT WELLS = 95
TOTAL

13

279

4

19

315

TOTAL = 93


SUMMARY TOTALS
NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED:

308

NUMBER OF PERMITS TERMINATED:

123

FOOTAGE DRILLED:

877,818

AVERAGE FOOTAGE DRILLED:

2,726

THESE TABLES DO NOT INCLUDE TOTALS FOR SERVICE, MISCELLANEOUS, OR STRATIGRAPHIC TEST WELLS, OR WELLS NOT CLASSED DUE TO ERRORS.


Brandon C. Nuttall / Kentucky Geological Survey / Revised 16-SEP-1996