API 16-057-01288OrphanedOil well
Appleby, Fred 4
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Butler John D
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
Nov 20, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 23, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,465 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-01288
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bow Cons
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.75168, -85.37477
- State record #
- 55188
Operator
- Wells operated
- 132
- Active
- 8
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BUTLER, JOHN D
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, J C 4 | 16-057-02595 | Orphaned | Other type | Basin Petroleum, Inc |
| Davidson, James 1 | 16-057-02283 | Other status | Other type | Reliford, Jimmy |
| Riddle, Richard 17 | 16-057-06454 | Other status | Other type | Parrish, Robert |
| Willis, W C 1 | 16-057-06954 | Other status | Other type | Miller, Dan H |
| Capps, R B 1 | 16-057-04124 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cone Oil Co, Inc |
| Davidson, James 210 | 16-057-02273 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reliford, Jimmy |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.