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API 16-177-01340OrphanedOil well

Ziegler Coal 2

Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Cook Wc

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

Dec 1, 1955

Plug date

Total depth

2,067 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-177-01340
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Muhlenberg
Coordinates
37.27514, -87.35130
State record #
2031367

Operator

Cook Wc

Wells operated
2
Active
1
States
KY
As filed
COOK, W C

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Putnam, Jessup & Putnam Unit 116-177-04101Other statusOther typePetro-7, Inc
Kirkwood, Horace W 116-107-02079Plugged & abandonedOther typeMullenax, Grant
Peterson, Adrian 616-177-00580Plugged & abandonedOilLone Star Oil & Gas, Inc
Green, Claude 116-177-02869Other statusOther typePetroleum Development & Leasing
Peterson, Adrian 516-177-04074Other statusOther typePetro-7, Inc
Kirkwood, Georgia 316-107-00193Plugged & abandonedOther typeL & L Drilling Co

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.