API 16-047-00318OrphanedOil well
Kentucky Utilities Co A1o
Oil well in Christian County, Kentucky · operated by Ambrose B Sterling
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
Sep 16, 1964
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 29, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,828 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-047-00318
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Empire
- County
- Christian
- Coordinates
- 37.09038, -87.50566
- State record #
- 90238
Operator
- Wells operated
- 488
- Active
- 165
- States
- KY
- As filed
- AMBROSE, B STERLING
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker, K E 9 | 16-047-00517 | Orphaned | Other type | Graber, George L |
| Parker, K E 3 | KY:2003755 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whitebread, J B |
| Glass, Tommy 8 | 16-047-00124 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kessler'S Ltd, Inc |
| Glass, Tommy 6 | 16-047-00919 | Other status | Other type | Kessler'S Ltd, Inc |
| Parker, K E 7 | 16-047-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graber, George L |
| Pettus, Eluster 1 | 16-047-01512 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richardson, M H |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.