API 16-225-01343OrphanedOil well
Kington Coal Co 1
Oil well in Union County, Kentucky · operated by Whatley Dan Et Al
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
Jun 20, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,789 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-225-01343
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Wathen
- County
- Union
- Coordinates
- 37.73228, -87.91920
- State record #
- 19534
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WHATLEY, DAN ET AL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratley, Peggy & Omer, Charles E 1h | 16-225-02948 | Other status | Other type | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Lynn, Charles 1 | 16-225-01769 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Evans, Tom 1 | 16-225-02270 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duncan, Walter |
| Sands, H L 1 | 16-059-05973 | Other status | Other type | Empire Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Camp Breckinridge 1801 | KY:69428 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co |
| Camp Breckinridge 1801 | KY:83851 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.