API 16-235-00041OrphanedOil well
Branham, Kenneth 3
Oil well in Whitley County, Kentucky · operated by Pioneer Petroleum
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
Feb 20, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
979 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-235-00041
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Williamsburg
- County
- Whitley
- Coordinates
- 36.74459, -84.13753
- State record #
- 18376
Operator
- Wells operated
- 132
- Active
- 5
- States
- KS, KY, OK, WV
- As filed
- PIONEER PETROLEUM CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Jake 1 | 16-235-01079 | Orphaned | Gas | Delta Producers, Inc |
| Carroll, Walter L 1 | 16-235-00307 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Gibbs-Sinclair 4 | 16-235-01805 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Piper, Merle B |
| Canada, Gary 1 | 16-235-00405 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Davenport, Tracy 6 | 16-235-00378 | Active | Gas | Gasflo, Inc |
| Davenport, Tracy 5 | 16-235-00401 | Active | Gas | Gasflo, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.