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API 16-127-00354OrphanedOil well

Sparks, Caney 1

Oil well in Lawrence County, Kentucky · operated by Unknown

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 9, 1925

Plug date

Total depth

1,120 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-127-00354
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Martha
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.03213, -82.95385
State record #
36549

Operator

Unknown

Wells operated
14,644
Active
2,816
States
AL, CO, IL, KY, MI, MT, UT, WY

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Williams, Taylor 316-115-00388ActiveOilLemaster, J L & J S Trimble
Williams, D 516-115-01916ActiveGasAbarta Oil & Gas Co, LLC
Fyffe, Volney 416-115-00635ActiveOilDanrus Oil Co
Whitt-Pelphrey Unit 1 116-115-01743ActiveGasAbarta Oil & Gas Co, LLC
Mckenzie, H L 116-115-01672Plugged & abandonedOilMckenzie, Manford
Frazier, Steve 116-115-01643Plugged & abandonedOther typeCrest Oil Co

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.