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API 16-065-00307OrphanedOil well

Williams Lease W3

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

Jan 28, 1983

Plug date

Total depth

777 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-065-00307
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Big Sinking
County
Estill
Coordinates
37.70475, -83.76316
State record #
32210

Operator

Circle Drilling

Wells operated
54
Active
3
States
KY, LA, MI
As filed
CIRCLE DRILLING, INC

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Sipple, Elizabeth Un16-129-06525Other statusOther typeSipple Oil Co
Sipple, Elizabeth Un16-129-06526Other statusOther typeSipple Oil Co
Abney, Hugh 116-129-04390Other statusOther typeRavenna Oil Co, Inc
Harris Heirs 416-129-04912OrphanedOther typeFraley, Cecil
Hogan, Edward 116-129-02427Plugged & abandonedOther typeQuick Service, Inc
Harris Heirs 316-129-04911OrphanedOther typeFraley, Cecil

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.