API 16-233-00428OrphanedOil well
Melton Heirs 5
Oil well in Webster County, Kentucky · operated by Atlas Drilling
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 27, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,050 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-233-00428
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Webster
- Coordinates
- 37.62577, -87.69190
- State record #
- 2041640
Operator
- Wells operated
- 68
- Active
- 8
- States
- IL, KY, NY
- As filed
- ATLAS DRILLING CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Poor Farm 1 | 16-233-02372 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burke, E G |
| Ramsey 1 | 16-233-00158 | Active | Oil | M W C Oil Co, Inc |
| Ramsey 2 | KY:57165 | Active | Oil | Shelton, F T |
| Ramsey Heirs 2 | 16-233-02038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Payne, George A |
| Bozarth, N 1 | KY:56907 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair-Prairie Oil Co |
| Townsend, J 1 | KY:56039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.