API 16-101-01653OrphanedOil well
Denton, S T 3
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Carter Oil
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
Mar 1, 1943
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 2, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,588 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-01653
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Poole
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.67385, -87.60243
- State record #
- 107541
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,966
- Active
- 324
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, MI, MS, MT, ND, UT, WY
- As filed
- CARTER OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton, W T 1 | 16-233-01531 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | First National Oil & Gas Co |
| Beyerstadt, James Et Al 1 | 16-233-01590 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Radiant Oil & Gas Co |
| Biggs, W A 1 | 16-233-01592 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanford Oil Co |
| Clark, Frank 1 | 16-233-01290 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tenjab Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Melton-Stull 1 | 16-233-01485 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rossi, Paul |
| Parker, R P 1 | 16-233-01993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Perrin, Kenneth R |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.