API 16-059-07165OrphanedOil well
Kurz, Joe 1
Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Vail J & Muth
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
Sep 3, 1949
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 27, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,119 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-07165
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Griffith
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.80279, -87.18835
- State record #
- 25605
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- VAIL, J & MUTH
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Water Flood 7 | 16-059-06438 | Other status | Other type | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co |
| Ballard Brothers 1 | 16-059-01344 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bussing Construction Co |
| Thompson, W G 1 | 16-059-06154 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bussing Construction Co |
| Mulligan, J H 1 | KY:2010041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller & Shiarella |
| Payne, J E (Dr) 1 | KY:2010042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellis, J C |
| Cravens-Greenwood 1 | KY:2009778 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellis, J C |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.