API 16-059-02386OrphanedOil well
Sutton, Weldon 1
Oil well in Daviess County, Kentucky · operated by The Texas
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
Jun 9, 1953
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 29, 1953
Plug date
Jul 28, 1959
Total depth
2,171 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-059-02386
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Daviess
- Coordinates
- 37.66388, -87.35494
- State record #
- 2006423
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,399
- Active
- 250
- States
- AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
- As filed
- THE TEXAS CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branson, Odell & Lester Boles 1 | 16-233-01351 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schofield Oil Co |
| Yewell, Roy M 8 | 16-149-00843 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Basin Drilling Co |
| Jackson, Louis 1 | 16-107-02036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Able Energy Co, Inc |
| Yewell, Roy M 13 | 16-149-00238 | Orphaned | Oil | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Boarman, Hugh 6 | 16-149-02719 | Other status | Other type | Walker, Elmo |
| Gatton, Alice R 1 | 16-107-01151 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Century Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.