API 16-235-00730OrphanedGas well
Martin-Bingham-Wagers-Earls Unit 1
Gas well in Whitley County, Kentucky · operated by Piper Merle B
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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,197 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-235-00730
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Woodbine Cons
- County
- Whitley
- Coordinates
- 36.92504, -84.12560
- State record #
- 53997
Operator
- Wells operated
- 181
- Active
- 31
- States
- KY
- As filed
- PIPER, MERLE B
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helton, Damon 1 | 16-235-00147 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Woods, Myrtle 1 | 16-235-00117 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Ellis Et Al 2 | 16-235-01943 | Other status | Other type | Bertram Resources Inc |
| Bryant, Donald 1 | 16-235-00240 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Sutton, Hubert 2 | 16-235-00391 | Orphaned | Other type | Patrick & Associates, Inc |
| Sutton, A J 1 | 16-235-00317 | Active | Gas | Patrick Minerals, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.