API 16-171-00308OrphanedOil well
Bacon, Rex 5
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
Apr 1, 1966
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 30, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
472 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-171-00308
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Sulphur Lick
- County
- Monroe
- Coordinates
- 36.79738, -85.74519
- State record #
- 74795
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcpherson, Royce 1 | 16-171-00431 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulkerson, Earl |
| Thompson, Naomi 1 | 16-171-01765 | Other status | Other type | Daniel, Leon |
| Mcpherson, Royce 1 | 16-171-01553 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid South Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Reagon, Alice 1 | 16-171-01645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Love, John H |
| Newport, Cordell 1 | 16-171-01590 | Other status | Other type | Law, David |
| Wood, Fletcher | KY:2030532 | Other status | Other type | Mosier (Celina) |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.