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
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 4
- States
- CO, KY, MI
- As filed
- CHATHAM OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagan, C S 9 | 16-171-00625 | Other status | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Hagan, S T 1 | 16-171-00777 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stetson Oil, Inc |
| Hale, Floyd 1 | 16-171-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ace Petroleum, Inc |
| Hagan, C S 8 | 16-171-00626 | Other status | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Simpson, Ben 1 | 16-171-00555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Raymond Carr Drilling |
| Hagan, C S 11 | 16-171-00439 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kendall, Albert |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.