API 16-165-00036OrphanedOil well
Tolson, Denny 11a
Oil well in Menifee County, Kentucky · operated by Stanton 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
Mar 12, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 15, 1981
Plug date
Sep 29, 2025
Total depth
1,193 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-165-00036
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Mariba
- County
- Menifee
- Coordinates
- 37.91799, -83.54610
- State record #
- 13850
Operator
- Wells operated
- 50
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- STANTON DRILLING CO, INC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crase, Raymond 1 | 16-237-01104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Big Green Energy, LLC |
| Lykins, Elmer | KY:80719 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Helton, A H 1 | 16-237-00576 | Other status | Other type | Sirkle, Raymond R |
| Bowman, Roger & Verno Branham 1 | 16-237-00760 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | G E Warren Energy Corp |
| Centers, Jack 2 | 16-237-00575 | Other status | Other type | Sirkle, Raymond R |
| Centers, Jack 1 | 16-237-00574 | Other status | Other type | Sirkle, Raymond R |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.