API 16-225-00121OrphanedOil well
Rankin, M S 45
Oil well in Union County, Kentucky · operated by Gulf 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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,270 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-225-00121
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Union
- Coordinates
- 37.86523, -87.90785
- State record #
- 2039725
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,797
- Active
- 55
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, UT, WY
- As filed
- GULF OIL CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kington Coal-Elder Et Al Unit 1 | 16-225-01339 | Active | Oil | Nally, Joseph L |
| Drury, Margaret 3 | 16-225-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co |
| Hite, J W 1 | 16-225-01760 | Active | Oil | Sun Oil Co |
| Drury-Turnquist 1-B | 16-225-02237 | Other status | Other type | Hoffman, George A |
| Harper (R E Mills) 1 | KY:111374 | Other status | Other type | Meyer, Fred W |
| French, Clarence 1 | 16-225-01481 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lafitte Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.