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API 16-065-00200OrphanedInjection well

Barnes, Wallace 40w

Injection well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration

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 14, 1965

Plug date

Jul 29, 2021

Total depth

678 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-065-00200
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Injection(SRI)
Field
Irvine-Furnace Cons
County
Estill
Coordinates
37.75022, -83.84173
State record #
27572

Operator

Petroleum Exploration

Wells operated
2,248
Active
940
States
CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
As filed
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO, INC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Rice Brothers 716-065-00738Plugged & abandonedOther typeHirst & Medley Oil, Inc
South Flahaven 94p16-129-03307Plugged & abandonedOther typeHydrocarbon Res, Inc
Riley, Bert Heirs 116-129-05164Other statusOther typeFelmont Oil Corp
Flinehum 116-129-06060Other statusOther typeHammond, Howard
South Flahaven 98p16-129-03310Plugged & abandonedOther typeHydrocarbon Res, Inc
Rice Brothers 816-065-00947Plugged & abandonedOther typeHirst & Medley Oil, Inc

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