API 16-197-00061OrphanedOil well
Miller-Prewitt-Goff Heirs 'E' 92
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
Nov 13, 1981
Plug date
Apr 20, 2026
Total depth
1,305 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00061
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.73430, -83.71934
- State record #
- 16372
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shackelford, Alex 11p | 16-129-01882 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Friend, Gene 8 | 16-129-00556 | Active | Oil | Royal State Drilling Corp |
| Cordon Family Trust 1 | 16-129-06504 | Other status | Other type | Davis Oil Inc |
| Davis, Ben 2p | 16-129-05326 | Other status | Other type | Buffalo Oil Co |
| Fraley, Claude Un | 16-129-06683 | Other status | Other type | Friend, Eugene |
| Hill, Minnie 9 | 16-129-05651 | Active | Oil | Triad Resources, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.