API 16-061-00502OrphanedOil well
Whittle, Leon 1
Oil well in Edmonson County, Kentucky · operated by Wilson David R
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
Oct 20, 1995
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 24, 1995
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,335 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-061-00502
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Silent Grove Church
- County
- Edmonson
- Coordinates
- 37.14497, -86.17230
- State record #
- 112846
Operator
- Wells operated
- 34
- Active
- 12
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WILSON, DAVID R
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlow, A J 1 | KY:2001299 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Evans, M K |
| Howard, James H 1 | 16-009-01982 | Other status | Other type | Smith, James W |
| Gilbert | 16-227-03189 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Resurrection Oil Co, Inc |
| Sledge ? | 16-227-03932 | Other status | Other type | Smith, Darrell |
| Edwards, Leslie 5 | 16-227-01578 | Orphaned | Oil | Norris, James T |
| Howard, James H 1 | 16-009-02350 | Other status | Other type | Denton & Clark |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.