API 16-171-00312OrphanedOil well
Bacon, Rex 11
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
Oct 12, 1966
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
510 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-171-00312
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Sulphur Lick
- County
- Monroe
- Coordinates
- 36.79250, -85.74400
- State record #
- 74801
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons, Earl & Larry 1 | 16-171-00554 | Other status | Other type | Kruckenberg & Scott |
| Patterson, James Neal 1 | 16-171-01608 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bungard, William |
| Hagan, C S 4 | 16-171-00621 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Simpson, Ben 1 | 16-171-00721 | Other status | Other type | R E Williams Drilling Co |
| Hagan, Rickie 7 | 16-171-02040 | Other status | Other type | Miller, Joe (Jr) |
| Beam Brothers 3 | 16-171-00146 | Active | Gas | Mcwhorter Drilling Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.