API 16-127-00896OrphanedOil well
Walters, Esta 8
Oil well in Lawrence County, Kentucky · operated by Ware 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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 2, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
964 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-127-00896
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Keaton-Mazie Cons
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.00802, -82.96222
- State record #
- 38081
Operator
- Wells operated
- 228
- Active
- 116
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WARE DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown 1051 | KY:46471 | Active | Injection | Unknown |
| Unknown 2061 | KY:46446 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Ware, E C 2 | KY:45295 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Unknown 4695 | KY:46480 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Young, Jay | 16-175-00089 | Other status | Other type | Cantrill, Ron |
| Unknown 1054 | KY:46472 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.