{"name":"Empire Oil & Gas Drilling Activity in Ohio County, Kentucky","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/empire-oil-company/kentucky/ohio-ky","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-07-04","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Empire Oil & Gas","operatorSlug":"empire-oil-company","state":"KY","county":"Ohio","totalWells":132,"producingWells":24,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":11,"topFormation":"New Albany","rankInCounty":1,"firstPermitDate":"1970-07-25","lastPermitDate":"1987-03-11"}