API 16-129-01746OrphanedOil well
Jefferson 4-W
Oil well in Lee County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 7, 1965
Plug date
Jan 24, 2022
Total depth
1,206 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-129-01746
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lee
- Coordinates
- 37.61318, -83.74015
- State record #
- 2021209
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,248
- Active
- 940
- States
- CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Oil ? | 16-129-06609 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Botner, George 12 | 16-129-01383 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Marco Oil ? | 16-129-06597 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Ross, William 1 | KY:105809 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Bruce Shouse 3 | 16-189-00202 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Shouse, Bruce Farm Un | 16-189-00204 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.