API 16-171-00306OrphanedOil well
Bacon, Rex 2
Oil well in Monroe County, Kentucky · operated by Grubbs Walter
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 5, 1965
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 14, 1965
Plug date
—
Total depth
545 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-171-00306
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Sulphur Lick
- County
- Monroe
- Coordinates
- 36.79209, -85.73928
- State record #
- 74788
Operator
- Wells operated
- 104
- Active
- 27
- States
- KY
- As filed
- GRUBBS, WALTER
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson, B H 3 | 16-171-00783 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Hagan, C S 16 | 16-171-00612 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bob Oil Co |
| Gillenwater, Douglas 1 | 16-171-01323 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daniel, Leon |
| Hagan, C S 9 | 16-171-00438 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kendall, Albert |
| Stevens, Savage 1 | 16-171-00722 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R E Williams Drilling Co |
| Lyons, Earl & Larry 1 | 16-171-00554 | Other status | Other type | Kruckenberg & Scott |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.