API 16-169-00194OrphanedOil well
Vibbert, Delbert 2
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Butler James E Sr
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
Jan 3, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 6, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
845 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00194
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Summer Shade North
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 36.91137, -85.71920
- State record #
- 48306
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BUTLER, JAMES E SR
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman, Jason P J 2 | 16-171-02276 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maximum Energy Development, LLC |
| Bacon, Rex 1s | 16-171-00954 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ray, James T |
| Bowman, Larry 1 | 16-171-02292 | Other status | Other type | Maximum Energy Development, LLC |
| Combs, Howell 3 | 16-171-02265 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bell, Robert |
| Gentry, R E Monroe 8 | 16-171-02010 | Other status | Other type | Swo Drilling |
| Bartley, John 2 | 16-171-00985 | Active | Oil | Bartley, Wallace & Homer |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.