API 16-235-00314OrphanedGas well
Mccowen, Dexter & George Humflee 8
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
Apr 24, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
May 8, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,805 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-235-00314
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Williamsburg
- County
- Whitley
- Coordinates
- 36.75975, -84.12917
- State record #
- 53542
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith, M & W Johnson 1 | 16-235-00780 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co Inc |
| Griffith, Rosco Sr 1 | 16-235-01807 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Piper, Merle B |
| Sharp, Billy W 1 | 16-235-00118 | Orphaned | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Finley, Hugh 1 | 16-235-00090 | Active | Gas | Welch Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Bunch, M & E Mcfadden 1 | 16-235-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co Inc |
| Taylor, Leonard 1 | 16-235-00689 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Falls Exploration Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.