API 16-009-00772OrphanedOil well
Washburn, Jim 1
Oil well in Barren County, Kentucky · operated by Southern Exploration
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 11, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
498 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-009-00772
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Emory-Moore Cons
- County
- Barren
- Coordinates
- 37.00686, -85.96801
- State record #
- 2127
Operator
- Wells operated
- 87
- Active
- 8
- States
- CA, KY
- As filed
- SOUTHERN EXPLORATION CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore, Noel 1 | 16-009-01075 | Orphaned | Other type | Lyle, Norman |
| Elmore, Noel D ? | 16-009-00826 | Other status | Other type | Atlantic Res |
| Elmore, Noel M1 | 16-009-02861 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maximum Energy Development, LLC |
| Elmore, Noel D 1-A | 16-009-00818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Resources |
| Spivey, G | KY:83011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mckim, Harry |
| Kidd, L P 2 | 16-009-00704 | Active | Oil | Norris, Sam H |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.