API 16-059-00785OrphanedGas well
Sampley, James 7b
Gas well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Hercules Petroleum
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
Oct 21, 1977
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 28, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,376 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-00785
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.77459, -87.22884
- State record #
- 2011781
Operator
- Wells operated
- 797
- Active
- 85
- States
- KY, LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulligan, John M 3 | 16-149-03441 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tenjab Oil & Gas Co |
| Mccarty, Lawrence 1 | 16-059-05385 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hobbs, Gene |
| Mattingly, Hulin 1 | 16-059-05473 | Other status | Other type | Dant, Roy |
| Mattingly, Hurlin 1 | 16-059-05474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dant, Roy |
| Williams, John S 2 | 16-059-06341 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Raffery, Wilbert 1 | 16-059-05788 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith & Hetrick |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.