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API 16-153-02099OrphanedOil well

Prater, Frank 16

Oil well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by States 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

Sep 15, 1989

Drilling began

Completion

Oct 1, 1989

Plug date

Total depth

1,071 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-153-02099
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Oil Springs Cons
County
Magoffin
Coordinates
37.76632, -82.99166
State record #
102353

Operator

States Oil

Wells operated
129
Active
10
States
AL, AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MT, ND, PA
As filed
STATES OIL CO, INC

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Howard, FrankKY:77359ActiveGasArcher & Meade
Howard, Gohlson 5674KY:77383Plugged & abandonedOther typeKentucky West Virginia Gas Co
Howard, Grover 1KY:77372ActiveGasProctor & Fyffe Et Al
Richardson, Joseph M 710616-071-02282Plugged & abandonedOther typeKentucky West Virginia Gas Co
Minix, Laban T 579916-153-03597ActiveGasKentucky West Virginia Gas Co
Wireman, Chester 216-153-02695ActiveGasJustice Land Surveying & Eng

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