API 16-149-00366OrphanedOil well
Atherton, Ollie 1
Oil well in Mclean 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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,425 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-149-00366
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Mclean
- Coordinates
- 37.56534, -87.06252
- State record #
- 2024812
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, John 1 | KY:15469 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Florida Producers |
| Lile & Wickliffe, Inc 3 | 16-149-03324 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Moore-Kirtley Minerals 1 | KY:72571 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter Producing Corp |
| Jarvis, G 1 | 16-149-03206 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Penrod, Lena & Crowe, Anne 1 | KY:13485 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C W Lee Oil Co |
| Tichenor, Ed 1 | 16-183-04491 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.