API 16-207-00203OrphanedOil well
Canasta, D W 2a
Oil well in Russell County, Kentucky · operated by La Tex Drilling
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
Apr 6, 1962
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 21, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
—
Registry record
- API #
- 16-207-00203
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Russell
- Coordinates
- 36.86344, -85.22714
- State record #
- 2028708
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LA-TEX DRILLING
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves, Harold 1 | 16-057-01219 | Other status | Other type | Sadie Drilling Co |
| York, Vera 1 | 16-053-03262 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & P Drilling Co, Inc |
| Burchett, L E 2 | 16-053-05525 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunter, John |
| Reeves, Harold 7 | 16-057-02833 | Other status | Other type | Sadie Drilling Co |
| Taylor, Malcolm 1 | 16-057-01182 | Active | Oil | Cantwell, Paul F |
| Allen, Beldon 3 | 16-057-04632 | Other status | Other type | Papineau Construction Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.