API 16-045-00018OrphanedOil well
Owens, Phillip 1
Oil well in Casey County, Kentucky · operated by Triple S Drilling
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
Jan 17, 1981
Plug date
Sep 18, 2023
Total depth
1,464 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-045-00018
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Thomas Ridge
- County
- Casey
- Coordinates
- 37.17714, -84.99203
- State record #
- 3176
Operator
- Wells operated
- 44
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY, OK
- As filed
- TRIPLE S DRILLING CO
Location & nearby wells
Operate this well?
Claim your operator profile to keep well records accurate — verified operators can correct statuses and add plugging documentation.
Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittle, Noel 1 | 16-199-00065 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcdonald, Lee |
| Whittle Brothers Farms 1r | 16-199-00524 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rick-Rod Oil Company, Inc |
| Whittle, Noel 2 | 16-199-00288 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcdonald, Lee |
| Whittle, Noel 4 | 16-199-00302 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcdonald, Lee |
| Wilson, Velma 1 | 16-199-00301 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson, Lowell |
| Whittle Brothers Farms 2r | 16-199-00569 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rick-Rod Oil Company, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.