API 16-107-00609OrphanedOther type well
Smith, Chester 1
Other type well in Hopkins County, Kentucky · operated by Cox Drilling
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
Jul 15, 1955
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 27, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,098 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-107-00609
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Other type(D&A)
- Field
- Mortons Gap Old
- County
- Hopkins
- Coordinates
- 37.21218, -87.45515
- State record #
- 52195
Operator
- Wells operated
- 66
- Active
- 11
- States
- KY
- As filed
- COX DRILLING CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells, L 14 | KY:2004917 | Active | Oil | Snyder, W K |
| Grace, John 1 | 16-047-00142 | Orphaned | Other type | Shannon Oil Co, Inc |
| Kentucky Utilities Co 1 | 16-047-00563 | Orphaned | Other type | Rehn, Ed |
| Wells, L 7(8) | 16-047-01820 | Orphaned | Oil | Sargent, W Et Al |
| Wells, L 6(7) | KY:2004908 | Active | Oil | Sargent, W Et Al |
| Wells, Lee Roy 16 | 16-047-00234 | Active | Oil | Marvin Young Enterprises, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.