API 16-153-04663OrphanedOil well
Prater, Frank 10
Oil well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by Buffalo 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.
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Registry record
- API #
- 16-153-04663
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Oil Springs
- County
- Magoffin
- Coordinates
- 37.76216, -82.99479
- State record #
- 23569
Operator
- Wells operated
- 138
- Active
- 73
- States
- CA, KY
- As filed
- BUFFALO OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens, Bruce 1 | 16-153-02683 | Active | Gas | Allen, Sam Et Al |
| Fitzpatrick, Joe 1 | 16-153-02722 | Other status | Other type | The Inland Gas Co, Inc |
| Allen, Henry Ford 2 | 16-153-03867 | Active | Gas | J D Carty Resources, LLC |
| Fitzpatrick, Joe 1 | KY:77376 | Active | Gas | Proctor, Fyffe & Koontz |
| Green, Patrick 5697 | 16-153-04620 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Jackson, Hayden 2 | 16-153-04584 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | South East Coal Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.