API 16-233-00429OrphanedOil well
Melton Heirs 6
Oil well in Webster County, Kentucky · operated by Atlas Operating
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
May 16, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,245 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-233-00429
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Poole
- County
- Webster
- Coordinates
- 37.62421, -87.69328
- State record #
- 56883
Operator
- Wells operated
- 437
- Active
- 232
- States
- KS, KY, NM, OK
- As filed
- ATLAS OPERATING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey, Mattie 1 | KY:57166 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shelton, E C Et Al |
| Hailman, J F 1 | KY:57172 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Delta Drilling Co |
| Ramsey, Mattie 1 | 16-233-02741 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
| Ramsey 1 | KY:2041532 | Other status | Other type | Ashland |
| 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 |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.