API 16-025-00072OrphanedOil well
Watts (Robert Turner, Sur) 1
Oil well in Breathitt County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration
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
Jul 7, 1958
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 16, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,840 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-025-00072
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Highland
- County
- Breathitt
- Coordinates
- 37.54391, -83.46278
- State record #
- 76951
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,248
- Active
- 940
- States
- CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner, Bradley 101 | 16-025-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beacon Oil & Gas Co |
| Reynolds, Robert 1 | 16-025-01064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alert Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Reynolds, Jerry 1 | 16-025-00555 | Other status | Other type | Alert Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Turner, Newton 1 | 16-025-01091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fisher, Simon |
| Erex (John & Ed Little) K2991 | 16-025-00618 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Turner, Fletcher 1 | KY:76015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.