API 16-177-01323OrphanedOil well
Rockport Pottery & Pounds, J. 3
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Lake W Mallam
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
Sep 29, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 30, 1962
Plug date
Apr 28, 2023
Total depth
1,010 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-01323
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.11664, -87.03796
- State record #
- 2029951
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LAKE, W MALLAM
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardinson, Lydea 1 | KY:12631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gott |
| Phillips, C L 1 | 16-141-00345 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hinton, L B |
| Johnson, Ronald 1 | 16-141-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Greathouse, Harold |
| Baugh, H W Heirs 1 | KY:12609 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kunning, R A |
| Kenner, Jerry 1 | 16-141-00311 | Other status | Other type | Watkins, Sam H |
| Flood, E J 1 | KY:12622 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kimmell, John |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.