API 16-101-02266OrphanedOil well
Melton, Birdie 10
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Superior Oil
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
Sep 25, 1952
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,303 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-02266
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Poole Cons
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.64776, -87.67732
- State record #
- 19978
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,340
- Active
- 585
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT
- As filed
- SUPERIOR OIL CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winstead, William C 1 | 16-233-01332 | Other status | Other type | Floyd E Williams Equipment Co |
| Williams 1 | 16-233-01286 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cinco Operating Co, Inc |
| Watson, Glen 1 | 16-233-01496 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co |
| Townsend, Essell 1 | 16-233-02170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quisenberry, Gene |
| Mooney, Squire D (Hunt, H L) Rames1 | 16-233-01487 | Orphaned | Other type | Lowman & Hunt |
| Rakestraw, A 1 | 16-233-00419 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atha, Howard D |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.