API 16-169-00198OrphanedOil well
Vibbert, Delbert 4
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Butler James E Sr
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
Dec 26, 1984
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 28, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
894 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00198
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Summer Shade North
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 36.91370, -85.72014
- State record #
- 48509
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BUTLER, JAMES E SR
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon, Rex 14 | 16-171-00963 | Active | Oil | Chatham Oil Co |
| Spears, Keith 17 | 16-171-02303 | Other status | Other type | Swo & Ism, LLC |
| Hope, B G 3 | 16-171-01541 | Other status | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| Gentry, Hubert 2 | 16-171-00328 | Active | Oil | Wilbaco Oil Co |
| Willett, Tom 5 | 16-171-00229 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter, Mcmurtrey & Short |
| Gentry, Hubert Re1 | 16-171-00156 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hatfield, Randall P |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.