API 16-197-00221OrphanedOil well
Southfork Unit (Adams-Bishop) N8p
Oil well in Powell County, Kentucky · operated by Wright Energy
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
Sep 19, 1983
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 20, 1983
Plug date
Nov 6, 2022
Total depth
820 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00221
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Irvine-Furnace Cons
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.76777, -83.80967
- State record #
- 72052
Operator
- Wells operated
- 193
- Active
- 15
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WRIGHT ENERGY CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flahaven Land Co 1 | 16-129-01506 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Preston Oil Co |
| Begler Heirs 30 | 16-129-04383 | Other status | Other type | Charmane Oil Corp |
| Mcintosh, Lee 2 | 16-129-05582 | Other status | Other type | American Natural Gas, Inc |
| Flahaven Land Co 72 | KY:74748 | Active | Oil | National Refining Co |
| Flahaven Land Co K1692 | KY:74775 | Active | Oil | National Refining Co |
| Pendergrass, Chiles 5 | 16-129-05994 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.