API 16-065-00299OrphanedOil well
Watts, Stephen L 1
Oil well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Cason Robert H
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
Aug 20, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
869 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00299
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Patsey
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.72380, -83.78940
- State record #
- 8583
Operator
- Wells operated
- 11
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- CASON, ROBERT H
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sipple, J B 1 | 16-129-04956 | Other status | Other type | Pineur, Louis |
| Sipple, J B 14 | 16-129-04019 | Other status | Other type | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co |
| Sipple, J B ? | 16-129-06539 | Other status | Other type | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co Ltd |
| Rogers, Clyde (Fee) Tract #2 6 | 16-129-04818 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Rogers, Clyde (Fee) Tract #2 10 | 16-129-04814 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple-Luxon 1j | 16-129-03994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.