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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

Walton & Roy Pledger

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
KY

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Nearby wells

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Posey, Hancock 116-059-04979Plugged & abandonedOilBolinger, J F
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Wimsatt, Henry 116-059-02389ActiveOilTower Oil Co
Newman, F 1(4)16-059-01725ActiveOilBasin Drilling Co Et Al
Mitchell, Guy 1KY:89959Plugged & abandonedOther typeKaufman, Jay

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.