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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

Chatham Oil

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

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Lyons, Earl & Larry 116-171-00554Other statusOther typeKruckenberg & Scott
Patterson, James Neal 116-171-01608Plugged & abandonedOther typeBungard, William
Hagan, C S 416-171-00621Plugged & abandonedOther typeBelt, Norman L
Simpson, Ben 116-171-00721Other statusOther typeR E Williams Drilling Co
Hagan, Rickie 716-171-02040Other statusOther typeMiller, Joe (Jr)
Beam Brothers 316-171-00146ActiveGasMcwhorter Drilling Co

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