API 16-177-00230OrphanedOil well
Lee, W R Heirs & Alberta Ward 2
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Cooksey Polk 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
Jan 22, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,778 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00230
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Rhodes School
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.14977, -87.20997
- State record #
- 23915
Operator
- Wells operated
- 39
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY
- As filed
- COOKSEY-POLK OIL CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lear, Wallace 2 | KY:54758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swinney Brothers |
| Allison 1 | 16-219-00170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swinney Brothers |
| Allison 2 | KY:54757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sweeney Brothers |
| Latham, Oakley 1 | KY:54799 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Cohoon, Violet 1 | 16-047-00698 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mason, James H |
| Walker, John P 5 | 16-219-00476 | Other status | Other type | Dacar Energy, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.