API 16-153-04536OrphanedGas well
Minnix, Lewis 5828
Gas well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by Kentucky West Virginia 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
Jul 22, 1948
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 24, 1948
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,534 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-153-04536
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Beetree
- County
- Magoffin
- Coordinates
- 37.63899, -83.07761
- State record #
- 80710
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,645
- Active
- 2,935
- States
- KY
- As filed
- KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, E J 98 | 16-025-00115 | Active | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Erex (S J Kilgore Tr) Kf1921 | 16-119-01386 | Other status | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Wireman, Margaret 948 | 16-153-02739 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Evans, E J 97 | 16-025-00114 | Active | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Erex (S J Kilgore Tract) Kf2312 | 16-119-00853 | Other status | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Erex (S J Kilgore Tract) Kf2312 | 16-119-00988 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.