API 16-177-00156OrphanedOil well
Laster, Ray 4
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Blue Sky 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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 31, 1981
Plug date
Apr 14, 2018
Total depth
1,083 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00156
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bivins School
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.09856, -87.19750
- State record #
- 15020
Operator
- Wells operated
- 92
- Active
- 7
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BLUE SKY OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendley, Alfred E 1 | 16-219-00119 | Other status | Other type | Covenant Oil, Inc |
| Oatts, Malcolm 3 | 16-047-00208 | Active | Oil | Rocket Energy Corp |
| Petrie, Ira 1 | 16-219-00434 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan, Chester |
| Lack, Jim 1 | 16-219-00411 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tiger Air Rotary, Inc |
| Pendley, Alfred E. 1 | 16-219-00329 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Covenant Oil, Inc |
| Willis, Robert 2 | KY:54683 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Haley, Leo |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.