API 16-047-00361OrphanedOil well
Dukes Heirs B5
Oil well in Christian County, Kentucky · operated by Blue Sky Oil
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
Dec 8, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 12, 1985
Plug date
Oct 10, 2022
Total depth
1,304 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-047-00361
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Dukes Ridge
- County
- Christian
- Coordinates
- 37.06004, -87.30315
- State record #
- 65625
Operator
- Wells operated
- 92
- Active
- 7
- States
- KY
- As filed
- BLUE SKY OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simms, Howard 1 | 16-219-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashley Oil Of Kentucky, Inc |
| Laster, Tom 3 | 16-047-00146 | Other status | Other type | Sullivan Drilling |
| Laster, Tom 1s | 16-047-00129 | Active | Gas | Sullivan Drilling |
| Glass, Tommy 1 | 16-047-00930 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan Drilling |
| Rager, Ricky 1 | 16-219-00045 | Orphaned | Other type | Kessler'S Ltd, Inc |
| Laster, Tom 2 | 16-047-01426 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richardson, M H |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.