API 16-227-00187OrphanedOil well
Hughes, Don 1
Oil well in Warren County, Kentucky · operated by West Star 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
Apr 1, 1983
Plug date
Mar 27, 2025
Total depth
503 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-227-00187
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Woodburn West Cons
- County
- Warren
- Coordinates
- 36.89609, -86.56201
- State record #
- 29061
Operator
- Wells operated
- 67
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- WEST STAR OIL CORP
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindle, James 1 | 16-213-00050 | Active | Oil | Nix, John C Jr |
| Spears, Ron 4 | 16-213-00091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Powers, Lonnie K |
| Patton, Howell Iii 1 | 16-213-00314 | Other status | Other type | Sossamon, Earl |
| Orvis, Richard E 3 | 16-213-00202 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nix, John C Jr |
| Orvis, Richard E 4 | 16-213-00203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nix, John C Jr |
| Schwindle, Eugene 1 | 16-213-00168 | Other status | Other type | Sossamon, Earl |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.