API 16-101-03029OrphanedOil well
Bower Brothers 1
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Walton & Roy Pledger
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
Aug 9, 1954
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 23, 1954
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,202 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-03029
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Reed East
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.89263, -87.31598
- State record #
- 10854
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey, Hancock 1 | 16-059-04979 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bolinger, J F |
| Barnett, T J 1 | 16-059-01719 | Other status | Other type | Fairway Pet Corp |
| Birk City Unit - Boswell, C T W2 | 16-101-04770 | Other status | Other type | Buttes Gas & Oil Co |
| Wimsatt, Henry 1 | 16-059-02389 | Active | Oil | Tower Oil Co |
| Newman, F 1(4) | 16-059-01725 | Active | Oil | Basin Drilling Co Et Al |
| Mitchell, Guy 1 | KY:89959 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kaufman, Jay |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.