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API 16-153-00250OrphanedOil well

Cheek, Essie 1

Oil well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by Cobra Oil & Gas

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

Mar 28, 1983

Plug date

Total depth

1,194 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-153-00250
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Oil Springs Cons
County
Magoffin
Coordinates
37.77574, -83.01967
State record #
26871

Operator

Cobra Oil & Gas

Wells operated
975
Active
430
States
AL, AR, IL, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, ND, NM, OH, OK, UT, WY
As filed
COBRA OIL & GAS, INC

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Nearby wells

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Risner, Isaac 1KY:77401Plugged & abandonedOther typeElkhorn Coal Corp
Williams, Ellis 116-153-03832ActiveGasJ D Carty Resources, LLC
Salyers, James Segal Hers 116-153-02603Plugged & abandonedOther typeThe Wiser Oil Co
Conley, Walter 216-153-01431Plugged & abandonedGasMidwest Well Service Co, Inc
Higgins, Ulysses 637316-153-02536Plugged & abandonedGasKentucky West Virginia Gas Co
Arnett, OscarKY:80937Plugged & abandonedOther typeHolbrook, Ed Et Al

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