API 16-065-00185OrphanedOil well
Winona-Garrett (Wallace Barnes) 28x
Oil well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration
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
Jun 25, 1965
Plug date
Jul 5, 2021
Total depth
631 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00185
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.74953, -83.84017
- State record #
- 2013460
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,248
- Active
- 940
- States
- CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Brothers 5 | 16-065-00945 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hirst & Medley Oil, Inc |
| Ashcraft, John A2 | 16-129-03181 | Orphaned | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Rice Brothers 6 | 16-065-00946 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hirst & Medley Oil, Inc |
| Ashcraft, John A3 | 16-129-00391 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Ashcraft, John A3 | 16-129-05249 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Rice Brothers 7 | 16-065-00738 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hirst & Medley Oil, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.