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
- Wells operated
- 87
- Active
- 8
- States
- CA, KY
- As filed
- SOUTHERN EXPLORATION CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanzant, Sallie 6g | 16-169-00038 | Active | Oil | Goffinet, Everett |
| Perkins, H G 17b | 16-169-02458 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Love, F M |
| Compton, Magdalene 1b | 16-169-03199 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mitchell, S W |
| Sorrell, Carolyn 1 | 16-169-04349 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rascal Oil LLC |
| England, L M 4 | 16-169-00561 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burness, Wm S |
| England, L M 14 | 16-169-03277 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robison, H F |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.