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API 16-171-00307OrphanedOil well

Bacon, Rex 3

Oil well in Monroe County, Kentucky · operated by Chatham Oil

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

Feb 13, 1966

Drilling began

Completion

Mar 4, 1966

Plug date

Total depth

477 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-171-00307
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Sulphur Lick
County
Monroe
Coordinates
36.79136, -85.74116
State record #
74791

Operator

Chatham Oil

Wells operated
41
Active
4
States
CO, KY, MI
As filed
CHATHAM OIL CO

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Hagan, C S 916-171-00625Other statusOther typeBelt, Norman L
Hagan, S T 116-171-00777Plugged & abandonedOther typeStetson Oil, Inc
Hale, Floyd 116-171-00006Plugged & abandonedOther typeAce Petroleum, Inc
Hagan, C S 816-171-00626Other statusOther typeBelt, Norman L
Simpson, Ben 116-171-00555Plugged & abandonedOther typeRaymond Carr Drilling
Hagan, C S 1116-171-00439Plugged & abandonedOilKendall, Albert

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