API 16-059-02477OrphanedOil well
Shipp P2
Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Williams Nelson
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
Jun 29, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
621 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-02477
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.81312, -87.20481
- State record #
- 2011602
Operator
- Wells operated
- 9
- Active
- 6
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WILLIAMS, NELSON
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Academy 12 | 16-059-00792 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hercules Petroleum Company |
| Payne, Maude 1 | KY:2009982 | Active | Oil | Woofter Drilling, Shaw & Stegall |
| Payne, Maude 2 | 16-059-02263 | Orphaned | Oil | N B Smith Drilling Co, Inc |
| Drury, Joseph A8-O | 16-059-04676 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ambrose, B Sterling |
| Nation, A R 1 | 16-059-05627 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farmer, Paul |
| Nation, A R 1 | KY:2009981 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rowe, Fred W |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.