API 16-153-03730OrphanedOil well
Prater, W M 5
Oil well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by Structure 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
—
Drilling began
Completion
May 17, 1923
Plug date
Sep 20, 2005
Total depth
1,232 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-153-03730
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Oil Springs
- County
- Magoffin
- Coordinates
- 37.76772, -82.98426
- State record #
- 35687
Operator
- Wells operated
- 52
- Active
- 50
- States
- KY
- As filed
- STRUCTURE OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minix, Laban T 5799 | 16-153-03597 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Wireman, Chester 2 | 16-153-02695 | Active | Gas | Justice Land Surveying & Eng |
| Wireman, Chester 2a | 16-153-02698 | Active | Gas | Justice Land Surveying & Eng |
| Walters, Merritt 1 | 16-153-02759 | Active | Gas | Bradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co |
| Carty, J D 1 | 16-153-02768 | Orphaned | Other type | P & J Resources, Inc |
| Howard, Frank 1 | 16-153-02703 | Active | Gas | Justice Land Surveying & Eng, In |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.