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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sipple, Elizabeth Un | 16-129-06525 | Other status | Other type | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth Un | 16-129-06526 | Other status | Other type | Sipple Oil Co |
| Abney, Hugh 1 | 16-129-04390 | Other status | Other type | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| 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 |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.