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API 16-087-00040OrphanedOil well

Matney, William 5

Oil well in Green County, Kentucky · operated by Southern 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

Apr 9, 1976

Plug date

Total depth

1,719 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-087-00040
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Pickett
County
Green
Coordinates
37.13169, -85.51543
State record #
9214

Operator

Southern Exploration

Wells operated
87
Active
8
States
CA, KY
As filed
SOUTHERN EXPLORATION CO, INC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Vanzant, Sallie 6g16-169-00038ActiveOilGoffinet, Everett
Perkins, H G 17b16-169-02458Plugged & abandonedInjectionLove, F M
Compton, Magdalene 1b16-169-03199Plugged & abandonedOther typeMitchell, S W
Sorrell, Carolyn 116-169-04349Plugged & abandonedOther typeRascal Oil LLC
England, L M 416-169-00561Plugged & abandonedOther typeBurness, Wm S
England, L M 1416-169-03277Plugged & abandonedOther typeRobison, H F

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