API 16-177-01741OrphanedOil well
Shearn Coal Co & Phillips 17
Oil well in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · operated by Shearn Coal Co & Phillips
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 3, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 31, 1957
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,614 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-177-01741
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Muhlenberg
- Coordinates
- 37.17657, -87.00041
- State record #
- 2031337
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 8
- States
- KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Hal & J Dudley Brown 1a | 16-141-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gardner, Clifton |
| Covington, Tom & Robert Hayden 1 | 16-177-03536 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tartan Oil Co |
| Lake Malone Development Corp A3 | 16-177-02882 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duke, Allan |
| Covington & Hayden 1 | 16-177-03535 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardy, Mccombs |
| Desper, T J 1 | 16-141-00282 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Spidel, Mickey |
| Brown, J W 1 | KY:12789 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayson & Lehman |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.