API 16-091-00136OrphanedOil well
Sanders, Amos 6o
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 7, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
465 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-091-00136
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hancock
- Coordinates
- 37.74511, -86.69342
- State record #
- 2015969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow, J W 1 | 16-183-03910 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warren Drilling Co, Inc |
| Debruler, Ray 1 | 16-183-03386 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allen, E O |
| Debruler, Ray 1 Reop | 16-183-03385 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allen, E O |
| Roberts, R J 1 | 16-183-02621 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sweitzer, Linwood J & Son |
| Hendricks, Willard 1 | 16-183-03651 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wemhoemer Oil Co |
| Roberts, R J Heirs 1 | 16-183-04146 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Westerfield, Kenneth |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.