API 16-141-00055OrphanedOil well
Buie, James 2
Oil well in Logan County, Kentucky · operated by Watkins Sam H
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
Jun 4, 1983
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 7, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
833 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-141-00055
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Lewisburg West
- County
- Logan
- Coordinates
- 37.00525, -86.96776
- State record #
- 54002
Operator
- Wells operated
- 81
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WATKINS, SAM H
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss, Madie 1 | 16-141-00337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mechalke, Joe D |
| Anderson, Haus Wood 3 | 16-141-00172 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mechalke, Joe D |
| Anderson, Haus Wood 2 | 16-141-00095 | Active | Oil | Mechalke, Joe D |
| Knight, Kenneth 5 | 16-141-00040 | Active | Oil | Mechalke, Joe D |
| Buena Vista Farms 1 | KY:12564 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peterson Production Co, Inc |
| Carter, Glenn D Jr 1 | 16-141-00212 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Diamond Oil & Gas Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.