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API 16-171-00145OrphanedGas well

Beam Brothers 1

Gas well in Monroe County, Kentucky · operated by Mcwhorter Drilling

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 23, 1982

Plug date

Total depth

1,540 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-171-00145
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Gas(DG)
Field
Bradley Springs N
County
Monroe
Coordinates
36.66344, -85.62764
State record #
14259

Operator

Mcwhorter Drilling

Wells operated
90
Active
10
States
KY
As filed
MCWHORTER DRILLING CO

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Well 41-027-2031641-027-20316OrphanedUnknown
Well 41-027-2017241-027-20172OrphanedUnknown
Knight, George 316-171-00573Plugged & abandonedOther typeBennett Petroleum Corp
Oakley, Robert 516-171-01593Other statusOther typeHolmes, Onis
Donaldson, C 116-171-01196Plugged & abandonedOther typeHestand, Nebert
Knight, George 116-171-00610Plugged & abandonedOther typeBennett Petroleum Corp

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