API 16-233-00426OrphanedOil well
Melton Heirs 3
Oil well in Webster County, Kentucky · operated by Atlas Drlg
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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
2,254 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-233-00426
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Webster
- Coordinates
- 37.63063, -87.69146
- State record #
- 2041639
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- ATLAS DRLG CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Heirs & Overby Heirs 1 | 16-233-01868 | Other status | Other type | Texas Gas Transmission LLC |
| Tapp, Wilbur & Frank Miller 1 | 16-233-01262 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tenjab Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Stinnett, T 1 | 16-233-02091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter Producing Corp |
| Winstead, A A 1 | KY:61581 | Other status | Other type | Chandler, Collis P |
| Jackson, George 1 | 16-233-01869 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| Winstead, Bill 1 | 16-233-01165 | Orphaned | Other type | Ambraw Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.