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API 16-059-02263OrphanedOil well

Payne, Maude 2

Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Nb Smith Drilling

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

Dec 22, 1961

Plug date

Total depth

1,697 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-059-02263
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
West Louisville
County
Daviess
Coordinates
37.69321, -87.28610
State record #
68962

Operator

Nb Smith Drilling

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
KY
As filed
N B SMITH DRILLING CO, INC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Ford, M H 416-149-02974Plugged & abandonedOther typeR K Pet Corp
Atchison, G 116-149-01926Plugged & abandonedOther typeMarhill Oil & Gas Co
Harris, Edward 1b16-149-03063Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlenn, Delbert
Ford, M H 216-149-02971Plugged & abandonedOther typeSmith, Donald B
Ford, M H 216-149-02973Other statusOther typeSmith, Donald B
Baird, E L 116-149-00666Plugged & abandonedOther typeHupp Et Al

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.