API 16-149-01305OrphanedOil well
Sutton Unit 3
Oil well in Mclean County, Kentucky · operated by Texas
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
Aug 13, 1953
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 20, 1953
Plug date
Aug 27, 1981
Total depth
2,186 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-149-01305
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Elba North
- County
- Mclean
- Coordinates
- 37.66026, -87.35976
- State record #
- 13701
Operator
- Wells operated
- 252
- Active
- 8
- States
- CO, IL, KY, WY
- As filed
- TEXAS CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yewell, Roy M 15 | 16-149-00237 | Orphaned | Oil | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Gatton, Alice 2 | 16-107-01877 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | O'Neal, C E & Co |
| Blanchett, J C 6 | 16-149-01954 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hercules Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Dickerson, Lena 1 | 16-107-01796 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Able Energy Co, Inc |
| Yewell, Roy M 14 | 16-149-00236 | Orphaned | Oil | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Federal Land Bank 1 | 16-107-01143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M W C Oil Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.