API 16-003-00190OrphanedOil well
Kipley, J W 1
Oil well in Allen County, Kentucky · operated by Sossamon Earl
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
Sep 25, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
457 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-003-00190
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Hickory Flat
- County
- Allen
- Coordinates
- 36.70902, -86.38631
- State record #
- 42635
Operator
- Wells operated
- 43
- Active
- 2
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SOSSAMON, EARL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter, Norman C 2 | 16-003-00252 | Orphaned | Oil | Whited Corp |
| Carter, Norman C 3 | 16-003-00251 | Orphaned | Oil | Whited Corp |
| Komisar, Louis 1 | 16-003-01497 | Active | Oil | Sky Oil Co |
| Carter, Norman C 4 | 16-003-00811 | Other status | Other type | Whited Corp |
| Carter, Norman C 1 | 16-003-00785 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whited Corp |
| Durham-Wix Farm 1 | 16-003-00877 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Herren, Bob & Universal Pet |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.