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API 16-127-00479OrphanedOil well

Sparks, R N Tr 1 2

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 8, 1925

Plug date

Total depth

1,176 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-127-00479
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Martha
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.02980, -82.95145
State record #
38215

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
Whitt Et Al Unit 1 116-115-01747ActiveGasAbarta Oil & Gas Co, LLC
Unknown ?16-115-02119Other statusOther type4 Daughters Oil Co LLC
Fyffe, Volney 2KY:45219Plugged & abandonedOilUnknown
Williams, Rose 2tsp16-175-00253Other statusOther typeWheeler & Co
Williams, Ross 2tspKY:45287Other statusOther typeTri-State Petroleum Co, Inc
Williams, Taylor 1KY:45284ActiveOilUnknown

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