API 16-177-00947OrphanedOil well
Shelton, Emmit 2
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Boyd Art
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
Jul 31, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
960 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-00947
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Lone Star
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.07110, -87.23169
- State record #
- 14825
Operator
- Wells operated
- 5
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BOYD, ART
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowell, Wayne 5 | 16-047-00466 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nally, Joseph L |
| Vowell, Peggy Henderson 2 | 16-047-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weatherford, James |
| Vowell, Peggy Henderson 3 | 16-047-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weatherford, James |
| Winn, Dollard 3 | 16-047-01639 | Other status | Other type | White, Charles C |
| Winn, D 1 | KY:2003646 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miskell, J H |
| Stone, John 1 | 16-219-00259 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lorado Oil, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.