API 16-197-00278OrphanedOil well
Winona South Fork Unit (A Means) 1x
Oil well in Powell County, Kentucky · operated by Petroleum Exploration
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
Jan 13, 1964
Plug date
Nov 5, 2021
Total depth
558 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-197-00278
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Powell
- Coordinates
- 37.77155, -83.79438
- State record #
- 2037232
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,248
- Active
- 940
- States
- CA, IL, KS, KY, MI, NM, OK, WY
- As filed
- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO
Location & nearby wells
Operate this well?
Claim your operator profile to keep well records accurate — verified operators can correct statuses and add plugging documentation.
Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant, Liberty 12w | 16-129-05270 | Other status | Other type | Carpenter, A H |
| Pendergrass, D B 37w | 16-129-00576 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gulf Oil Co, Inc |
| Williams, Clem 20 | 16-129-05997 | Other status | Other type | Rex Pyramid Oil Co |
| Pendergrass, D B 13w | 16-129-00570 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gulf Oil Co, Inc |
| Flahaven Land Co (Tr 3) R148w | 16-129-02700 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Flahaven Land Co (Tr 3) R49p | 16-129-01248 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.