API 16-231-00019OrphanedOil well
Burke, Sylvester 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Kentucky · operated by Foster Gleason
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
Oct 11, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
626 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-231-00019
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Burkes Creek
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 36.73852, -84.68703
- State record #
- 17891
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7
- Active
- 1
- States
- KY
- As filed
- FOSTER, GLEASON
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stearns Coal & Lumber Co 7 | 16-147-00103 | Other status | Other type | Riddle, H K |
| Stearns Coal & Lumber Co 6 | 16-147-00381 | Other status | Other type | Western Reserves Oil Co |
| Blevins Hrs 1 | 16-231-00257 | Orphaned | Gas | Phillips Development Co |
| J M Huber Corp 1 | 16-231-00723 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | G & R Lumber Co, Inc |
| Beatty, Martin | 16-147-00443 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Huling, Marcus & A Zimmerman |
| Beatty, Martin 2 | 16-147-00444 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.