API 16-177-00812OrphanedOil well
Cornette, Rufus A3o
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Ambrose B Sterling
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
Dec 17, 1965
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 26, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,638 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00812
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.20136, -87.14167
- State record #
- 2031062
Operator
- Wells operated
- 488
- Active
- 165
- States
- KY
- As filed
- AMBROSE, B STERLING
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney, J W & Myrtle 1 | 16-177-04254 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vogler, John F |
| Boggess, Lloyd 1 | 16-177-03412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Primrose Oil Co |
| Morris, Reggie 2 | 16-177-01394 | Active | Oil | Dacar Energy, Inc |
| Chandler, Arthur Lee 1 | 16-177-00332 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barren River Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Wells Heirs 1 | 16-177-02679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mechalke, Joe D |
| Bandy, Shelby 4 | 16-177-02929 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cumberland Contracting Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.