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API 16-107-00726OrphanedOil well

West Kentucky Coal Co 5

Oil well in Hopkins County, Kentucky · operated by Pure 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

Nov 8, 1956

Drilling began

Completion

Jan 3, 1957

Plug date

Total depth

2,660 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-107-00726
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Madisonville West
County
Hopkins
Coordinates
37.31781, -87.55138
State record #
53705

Operator

Pure Oil

Wells operated
2,920
Active
231
States
AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
PURE OIL CO

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
West Kentucky Coal Co Et Al 1216-107-02573Plugged & abandonedOther typePure Oil Co
Norton Coal Co 116-107-02244Plugged & abandonedOther typeExxon Corp
Mason & Forbes 116-107-00871ActiveOilTartan Oil Co
Fergerson, C P 4KY:61310ActiveOilAshland Oil & Refining Co, Inc
Bynum, Felix 116-107-01640Plugged & abandonedOther typeHar-Ken Oil Co
Wice, L B 316-107-00802Other statusOther typeRobinson Engineering & Oil Company, Inc

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