API 16-197-00037OrphanedOil well
Miller-Prewitt-Goff Heirs 'E' 74
Oil well in Powell County, Kentucky · operated by Sun Oil
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
Jul 22, 1981
Plug date
Mar 16, 2023
Total depth
1,291 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00037
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.72760, -83.71817
- State record #
- 16402
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,944
- Active
- 221
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KY, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- SUN OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall, Virgil 1 | 16-129-05100 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Dunaway, Ewen 3 | 16-129-03717 | Orphaned | Oil | Lee County Ventures |
| Unknown Unknown | 16-129-06173 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Harper, Wendell 1 | 16-129-04757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burnett Drilling |
| Perkins, Donald M-2 | 16-129-05736 | Other status | Other type | Perkins, Don & Assoc, Inc |
| Coomer, Abe & E Combs 1 | 16-129-05292 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.