API 16-237-00036OrphanedOil well
Ledford-White 61
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
Dec 14, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 16, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,389 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00036
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.73524, -83.68650
- State record #
- 18431
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend, Gene 6 | 16-129-00542 | Active | Oil | Royal State Drilling Corp |
| Unknown Unknown | 16-129-06133 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Jefferson 6 | 16-129-05868 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Hill, Minnie 16 | 16-129-05659 | Active | Oil | Triad Resources, Inc |
| Cordon Family Trust 7 | 16-129-06505 | Other status | Other type | Davis Oil Inc |
| Hill, Minnie 1-D | 16-129-05921 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Triad Resources, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.