API 16-065-00305OrphanedOil well
Williams Lease W1
Oil well in Estill County, Kentucky · operated by Circle Drilling
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
Dec 8, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
743 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-065-00305
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Estill
- Coordinates
- 37.70558, -83.76071
- State record #
- 32212
Operator
- Wells operated
- 54
- Active
- 3
- States
- KY, LA, MI
- As filed
- CIRCLE DRILLING, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Heirs 4 | 16-129-04912 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
| Hogan, Edward 1 | 16-129-02427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quick Service, Inc |
| Harris Heirs 3 | 16-129-04911 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
| Brother, Hogan 5 | 16-129-06273 | Active | Oil | American Natural Gas, Inc |
| Pinnacle Land Co 1 | 16-129-05127 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carpenter, A H |
| Harris Heirs 5 | 16-129-04913 | Orphaned | Other type | Fraley, Cecil |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.