API 16-177-00541OrphanedOil well
Laster, Ray 9
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Kessler S
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
Nov 23, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,120 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00541
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bivins School
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.09716, -87.19725
- State record #
- 31792
Operator
- Wells operated
- 50
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- KESSLER'S LTD, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson, O L 1 | 16-047-00527 | Orphaned | Other type | L & L Drilling Co |
| Turner, Hargis & Glenn Goebel 2 | 16-219-00468 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vogler, John F |
| Francis, Randall 1 | 16-219-00236 | Other status | Other type | K M R W Oil Co, Inc |
| Oatts, Malcolm 1 | 16-047-00163 | Active | Oil | General Mining Corp |
| Winn, Melvin 1 | 16-219-00262 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
| Turner, Hargis & Glenn Goebel 1 | 16-219-00467 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vogler, John F |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.