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API 16-059-02386OrphanedOil well

Sutton, Weldon 1

Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by The Texas

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

Jun 9, 1953

Drilling began

Completion

Jun 29, 1953

Plug date

Jul 28, 1959

Total depth

2,171 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-059-02386
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Daviess
Coordinates
37.66388, -87.35494
State record #
2006423

Operator

The Texas

Wells operated
1,399
Active
250
States
AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
As filed
THE TEXAS CO

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Branson, Odell & Lester Boles 116-233-01351Plugged & abandonedOther typeSchofield Oil Co
Yewell, Roy M 816-149-00843Plugged & abandonedOther typeBasin Drilling Co
Jackson, Louis 116-107-02036Plugged & abandonedOther typeAble Energy Co, Inc
Yewell, Roy M 1316-149-00238OrphanedOilMarhill Oil & Gas Co
Boarman, Hugh 616-149-02719Other statusOther typeWalker, Elmo
Gatton, Alice R 116-107-01151Plugged & abandonedOther typeCentury Oil Co

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.