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API 16-153-04664OrphanedOil well

Prater, Frank 4

Oil well in Magoffin County, Kentucky · operated by Model 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

Dec 31, 1935

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
16-153-04664
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Oil Springs
County
Magoffin
Coordinates
37.76758, -82.99435
State record #
35730

Operator

Model Oil

Wells operated
9
Active
5
States
CO, KY
As filed
MODEL OIL CO

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Nearby wells

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Minix, Laban T 579916-153-03597ActiveGasKentucky West Virginia Gas Co
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Wireman, Chester 2a16-153-02698ActiveGasJustice Land Surveying & Eng
Walters, Merritt 116-153-02759ActiveGasBradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co
Carty, J D 116-153-02768OrphanedOther typeP & J Resources, Inc
Howard, Frank 116-153-02703ActiveGasJustice Land Surveying & Eng, In

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