API 16-091-00135OrphanedOil well
Sanders, Amos A1
Oil well in Hancock County, Kentucky · operated by Ambrose B Sterling
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
Feb 3, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
447 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-091-00135
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(O&G)
- County
- Hancock
- Coordinates
- 37.74272, -86.69895
- State record #
- 2015966
Operator
- Wells operated
- 488
- Active
- 165
- States
- KY
- As filed
- AMBROSE, B STERLING
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday & Cole 1 | 16-183-01306 | Active | Oil | Lewis, Paul |
| Midkiff, Heber 3 | 16-183-03948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, H C |
| Burton, Daryl 1 | 16-027-00356 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dillon, C J |
| Smith, Annie Elizabeth 'C' 2 | KY:19230 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| O'Reilly, Arnold 1 | 16-027-00725 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hard Rock Drlg Co |
| Holiday, Rev & Elizabeth Cole 4 | 16-183-00086 | Orphaned | Oil | Lewis, Paul |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.