API 16-059-00209OrphanedOil well
Burns, E L 16
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
May 30, 1929
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 30, 1929
Plug date
Jan 6, 1986
Total depth
1,210 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-00209
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Utica
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.61232, -87.14383
- State record #
- 68262
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn, J W 2 | 16-149-02060 | Active | Oil | Heldt, Frederick |
| Atherton, Walter 1 | KY:72744 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sargent, Walter |
| Hoover-Hackett Etal 2 | 16-149-01901 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson, Fred |
| Johnson, Allen 3 | KY:69441 | Active | Gas | Acton & Cox |
| Beller-Robertson-Smith Etal Comm 1 | 16-149-01342 | Active | Oil | Hoffman, George A |
| Nall, Elmer 2 | KY:72351 | Active | Oil | Bates Knob Syndicate |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.