API 16-059-00204OrphanedOil well
Burns, E L 6
Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum
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
Nov 14, 1928
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 3, 1928
Plug date
Oct 30, 1984
Total depth
1,219 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-00204
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Utica
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.61476, -87.13842
- State record #
- 68174
Operator
- Wells operated
- 885
- Active
- 25
- States
- CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logsdon, James A 1 | 16-149-01897 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson, Fred |
| Logsdon, James A 2 | 16-149-01899 | Other status | Other type | Richardson, Fred |
| Taylor Heirs 1 | KY:15392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton, E L Et Al |
| Graham, S R 2 | 16-149-01928 | Active | Oil | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Cox, Rowan P 1b | 16-183-03334 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder, Bert L |
| Humphrey, Lester Unit 1 1 | 16-149-03187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bobo, James M |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.