API 16-169-00481OrphanedOil well
Ray, John 1h
Oil well in Metcalfe County, Kentucky · operated by Hughes Mackie
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
Oct 6, 1964
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 16, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
277 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-169-00481
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Metcalfe
- Coordinates
- 37.00159, -85.64312
- State record #
- 2028036
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- HUGHES, MACKIE
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J L Oil & Gas Development Corp 1 | 16-169-02073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Galaxy Gas Processing Co |
| Anderson Brothers 1 | 16-169-02926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardwick, Harold |
| Whitlow, Nona B 1 | 16-169-02861 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apache O & G Transmission, Inc |
| Blythe, May 1 | 16-169-00360 | Orphaned | Other type | Fort Knox Exploration Co |
| Blythe, Mae 1 | 16-169-01074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Savage Exploration, Inc |
| Jones, Ray 1 | 16-009-01699 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stidham, William J |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.