API 16-049-00009OrphanedGas well
Chambers, Vernon 2
Gas well in Clark County, Kentucky · operated by Melcher Atkins Oil
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
Aug 2, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,775 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-049-00009
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Trapp
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 37.87066, -84.07494
- State record #
- 3434
Operator
- Wells operated
- 44
- Active
- 34
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MELCHER-ATKINS OIL CO, LTD
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, William M 1 | 16-065-00140 | Active | Gas | Brown, William |
| Wells, Pete 1 | KY:8618 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carpenter, A H |
| Mcintosh, Robert 1 | 16-065-00935 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | May, Herbert |
| Snowden, T E 1 | 16-065-00961 | Active | Gas | Mays, Herbert |
| Woods, Glen 1 | 16-065-00984 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hi-Knob Oil Co |
| Ginter, George 1 | KY:12860 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chenault, Waller Et Al |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.