API 16-169-00474OrphanedOil well
Forbes, Loppie 14
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Wilco Energy
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
Aug 11, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
640 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00474
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Knob Lick Cons
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 37.10203, -85.69081
- State record #
- 79766
Operator
- Wells operated
- 265
- Active
- 39
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WILCO ENERGY CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Cora 2-J | 16-169-01369 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kane Energy Corp |
| Brown, Barbara & Walbert, James 1a | 16-169-03744 | Active | Oil | Double D Producers, Inc |
| Coffey, Howard 1 | 16-169-03664 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petrotech Resources Corp |
| Bell, Ed 4 | 16-169-03722 | Other status | Other type | Petrotech Resources Corp |
| Fancher, Michael 6 | 16-169-01579 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Fancher, Mary 1 | 16-169-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heritage Oil Partners |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.