API 16-057-00421OrphanedOil well
Sparks, Preston 15
Oil well in Cumberland County, Kentucky · operated by Leeco 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
Apr 22, 1982
Plug date
Jan 11, 2023
Total depth
278 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-057-00421
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Bakerton Cons
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 36.83653, -85.27805
- State record #
- 7434
Operator
- Wells operated
- 335
- Active
- 15
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LEECO DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie, Mrs V B 1 | 16-057-01995 | Active | Oil | Roach, Howard |
| Daniel, Clyde 11d | 16-053-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reliance Petroleum, Inc |
| Daniel, Clyde 07d | 16-053-04172 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reliance Petroleum, Inc |
| Riddle, Edwin 1 | 16-053-06340 | Other status | Other type | Petro-Tronics, Inc |
| Riddle, Edwin 1 | 16-053-00828 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jeff Davis Petroleum Corp |
| Booher, Sam E 1 | 16-053-01293 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reliance Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.