API 16-177-00135OrphanedOil well
Cisney & White 1
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Smith James E
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 4, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,655 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00135
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Rhodes School
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.14029, -87.17802
- State record #
- 14988
Operator
- Wells operated
- 218
- Active
- 17
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SMITH, JAMES E
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace, Mae 1 | 16-219-00486 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardison, Ronnie |
| Lear, William 1 | KY:54785 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morvan Oil Co |
| Hardison, Ronald 5 | 16-219-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petro 7, Inc |
| Hardison, Linda 1 | 16-219-00526 | Active | Gas | Ky USA Energy, Inc |
| Suttles, Charles 1 | 16-219-00460 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moore, Frank |
| Lear, William 1 | 16-219-00178 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan Drilling |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.