API 16-235-00235OrphanedGas well
Mccowen, Dexter & Geo Humfleet 5
Gas well in Whitley County, Kentucky · operated by Southern Kentucky Oil
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
Apr 6, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,714 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-235-00235
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Williamsburg
- County
- Whitley
- Coordinates
- 36.76876, -84.13815
- State record #
- 49963
Operator
- Wells operated
- 75
- Active
- 9
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SOUTHERN KENTUCKY OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips, Henry 1 | 16-235-00687 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Falls Exploration Co |
| Centers, Darryll 1 | 16-235-01903 | Active | Gas | Nami Resources Company, LLC |
| Shelley, Morris 2 | 16-235-00962 | Active | Gas | Aks Energy Corp |
| Beams, G & F David & J Jones 1 | 16-235-00774 | Active | Gas | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co Inc |
| Siler, A T | 16-235-01667 | Other status | Other type | Piper, Merle B |
| Chambers, Dean Etal 1 | 16-235-01410 | Active | Gas | Energy Associates, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.