API 16-087-00048OrphanedOil well
Matney, William 7
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
Jul 23, 1976
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,649 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-087-00048
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Pickett Cons
- County
- Green
- Coordinates
- 37.13029, -85.51766
- State record #
- 9259
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riddle, J 1 | 16-169-02566 | Other status | Other type | Fortune Oil Co |
| Riddle, John 7 | 16-169-02572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fortune Oil Co |
| Sorrel, Gene 5 | 16-169-00257 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gascony Investment, Inc |
| Rubarts 1 | 16-169-04191 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robison, H F |
| Rubarts, Clyde 1-D | 16-169-02619 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roberts, C V |
| Vanzant, Sallie 4g | 16-169-02813 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oriken Trust Association |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.