API 16-057-01526OrphanedOil well
Wells, Tony 3
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
May 28, 1986
Drilling began
Completion
May 31, 1986
Plug date
Feb 9, 2023
Total depth
1,405 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-01526
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Whites Bottom
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.79184, -85.42309
- State record #
- 69793
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huddleston, Ray 27c | 16-057-01463 | Orphaned | Other type | Cumberland Drilling, Inc |
| Groce Estates 5 | 16-057-05678 | Other status | Other type | Lyman Frost Drilling Co, Inc |
| Groce, Hub Estate 5 | 16-057-03622 | Other status | Other type | C & S Production |
| Crawley, J H 3 | 16-057-05449 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P M Energy, Inc |
| Carter & Finley 1 | 16-171-01103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barrett Oil Co |
| Davidson, Joe 4 | 16-057-03400 | Other status | Other type | Leonidas Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.