API 16-177-01283OrphanedOil well
Peabody Coal 2
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Kirtley Potter & Armstrong
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
Mar 21, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,225 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-01283
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.24634, -87.24699
- State record #
- 2030719
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- KIRTLEY, POTTER, & ARMSTRONG
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessup, Pete 1 | 16-177-00236 | Active | Oil | Hawk Drilling Co, Inc |
| Jessup, Pete 2 | 16-177-03813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dacar Energy, Inc |
| Peterson, C F 21 | KY:2028818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Simpkins, Joe Oil Development |
| Miller, Michael E 5acomm | 16-177-02353 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Black Tower Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Wice, Paul 5 | 16-177-03308 | Active | Oil | Lone Star Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Warren, Roger 1 | 16-047-00487 | Other status | Other type | Plowboy Resources, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.