API 16-059-02606OrphanedOil well
Wimsatt, O L 8
Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Morburger Brothers
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
Dec 11, 1961
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 18, 1962
Plug date
Sep 7, 1964
Total depth
1,500 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-02606
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.80472, -87.23325
- State record #
- 2011532
Operator
- Wells operated
- 15
- Active
- 2
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Academy 3 | 16-059-01773 | Active | Oil | Felmont & E M & D Drlg Co |
| St Joseph Academy 31 | 16-059-00244 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Payne, Herman 1 | 16-059-05720 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rhodes, F H |
| St Joseph Academy ? | 16-059-07111 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Ward, Homer 1 | 16-059-06276 | Active | Oil | Slagter Producing Corp |
| Thompson, W J 1w | 16-059-03380 | Other status | Other type | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.