API 16-197-00057OrphanedOil well
White, J B Heirs 45
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 29, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,373 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00057
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.73912, -83.69406
- State record #
- 16319
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka-Flesher 2 | 16-129-05715 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bretagne, G P |
| Price, Kay Sh-19 | KY:161812 | Other status | Other type | Primrose Oil LLC |
| Price, Kay Sh-19 | KY:162801 | Other status | Other type | Primrose Oil LLC |
| Kincaid, Bud 8p | 16-129-01634 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Estes, Millard 4p | KY:65438 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Unknown |
| Whisman, James 1 | 16-129-05225 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.