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
- 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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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kentucky Coal Co Et Al 12 | 16-107-02573 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co |
| Norton Coal Co 1 | 16-107-02244 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corp |
| Mason & Forbes 1 | 16-107-00871 | Active | Oil | Tartan Oil Co |
| Fergerson, C P 4 | KY:61310 | Active | Oil | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
| Bynum, Felix 1 | 16-107-01640 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Wice, L B 3 | 16-107-00802 | Other status | Other type | Robinson Engineering & Oil Company, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.