API 16-087-00056OrphanedOil well
Matney, William R 8
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
Mar 30, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,731 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-087-00056
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Pickett
- County
- Green
- Coordinates
- 37.12905, -85.50943
- State record #
- 9218
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks, Herbert B 3 | 16-169-01854 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Signature Oil Corp |
| Bell, John 1b | 16-169-03011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scheckel, Paul F |
| Cassidy 7 | 16-169-00556 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Robison, H F |
| Riddle, Pearl 1b | 16-169-00575 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burness, William S |
| England, F A 3(0) | 16-169-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | Fortune Oil Co |
| Riddle, John 3 | 16-169-02567 | Active | Oil | Fortune Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.