API 16-237-00035OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 46
Oil well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Sun 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
Nov 2, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 4, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,385 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00035
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.73464, -83.69415
- State record #
- 18434
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,944
- Active
- 221
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KY, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- SUN OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraley, Claude 8 | 16-129-00485 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Royal State Drilling Corp |
| Hill, Minnie 5 | 16-129-01865 | Active | Oil | Rexplore, Koil & Concord Drlg |
| Hill, Minnie 3 | 16-129-00986 | Active | Oil | Rexplore, Inc |
| Lee County Land Co Jefferson Tr 2p | 16-129-05082 | Other status | Other type | Kincaid, Cecil |
| Davis, Frank 1 | 16-129-05328 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hi-Knob Oil Co |
| Friend, Gene 9 | 16-129-05499 | Other status | Other type | Kincaid, Cecil |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.