API 16-233-00597OrphanedOil well
Tapp, Paul 3
Oil well in Webster County, Kentucky · operated by Cox Frank S
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
Aug 5, 1966
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 14, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,253 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-233-00597
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Poole
- County
- Webster
- Coordinates
- 37.60592, -87.69069
- State record #
- 57238
Operator
- Wells operated
- 29
- Active
- 4
- States
- KY
- As filed
- COX, FRANK S
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanor, Carvil 1 | 16-233-01832 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caspian Oil Co |
| Miller, Don 1 | 16-233-01940 | Other status | Other type | Beeson, Richard W |
| Winstead, L 1 | KY:56851 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Delta Drilling Co |
| Curry 2 | 16-233-01759 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gregory, Owen |
| Fuquay, Sam B 1 | 16-233-01808 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Browning, Iley B & Sons |
| Hanor, Jeff 1 | KY:55398 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rooke, R L Et Al |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.