API 16-101-02129OrphanedOil well
Sauer, W H 6
Oil well in Henderson County, Kentucky · operated by Oeth 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
Nov 6, 1961
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 4, 1961
Plug date
Sep 28, 2022
Total depth
2,208 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-101-02129
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Geneva
- County
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- 37.86245, -87.73820
- State record #
- 91495
Operator
- Wells operated
- 114
- Active
- 34
- States
- KY
- As filed
- OETH DRILLING CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, R & M 1 | 16-101-05551 | Other status | Other type | Turner, J D |
| Cates, Don 1 | 16-101-03701 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Long, Catherine & Mark Greenwell 1 | 16-225-01471 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson Well Service, Inc |
| Herndon 1 | KY:100068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fleming, F J & A K Swann |
| Griggs, Thelma 6 | 16-101-04109 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Griggs, Thelma 3 | 16-101-04066 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.