API 16-197-00051OrphanedOil well
Miller-Prewitt-Goff Heirs 'E' 89
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
Oct 8, 1981
Plug date
Apr 23, 2026
Total depth
1,098 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00051
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.72155, -83.72010
- State record #
- 16417
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Clyde 5 | 16-129-04882 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Rogers, Clyde 11 | 16-129-04343 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Tyree, Matty Heirs 8p | 16-129-05220 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Rogers, Clyde 18 | 16-129-04919 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Rogers, Clyde 14 | 16-129-04927 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple-Luxon 27-A | 16-129-04326 | Other status | Other type | Appalachian Resources Of Florida, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.