API 16-177-00168OrphanedOil well
Hill, Kenneth 1
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Hawk Drilling
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
Oct 9, 1981
Plug date
May 3, 2023
Total depth
1,123 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00168
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Lone Star
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.09228, -87.24739
- State record #
- 15047
Operator
- Wells operated
- 37
- Active
- 5
- States
- KY
- As filed
- HAWK DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson, D L 2 | 16-219-00261 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
| Reigal, Gene 1 | 16-047-00531 | Orphaned | Other type | Comanche Oil Exploration, Inc |
| Peterson, D L 1 | 16-219-00090 | Orphaned | Oil | Lorado Oil, Inc |
| Peterson, D L 4 | 16-219-00433 | Other status | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
| Rager, Ruby 6 | 16-219-00225 | Other status | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
| Melton, Elver 1 | 16-219-00258 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.