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API 16-183-00563OrphanedOil well

Burton-Acton 1

Oil well in Ohio County, Kentucky · operated by Ambrose B Sterling

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

Plug date

Total depth

1,401 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-183-00563
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Jingo
County
Ohio
Coordinates
37.50244, -86.79680
State record #
89976

Operator

Ambrose B Sterling

Wells operated
488
Active
165
States
KY
As filed
AMBROSE, B STERLING

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Iler, J 1KY:54279Plugged & abandonedOther typeYunker, Milton & Associates
Hatler, J M 1KY:100853Plugged & abandonedOther typeYunker, Milton & Associates
Beck, C P 1KY:54278Plugged & abandonedOther typeYunker, Milton & Associates
Burgess, Willie 116-183-03273Plugged & abandonedOther typeBurlew, Marshall
Taylor, Ethel Irene 1KY:54276Plugged & abandonedOther typeSnyder, W K Et Al
Keown, Robert 1KY:100852Plugged & abandonedOther typeYunker, Milton & Associates

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