API 16-237-00039OrphanedOil well
Ledford-White 63
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 10, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 11, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,311 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00039
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72010, -83.68893
- State record #
- 18452
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Clyde-Tract #2a 6 | 16-129-04839 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 52 | 16-129-04822 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 38 | 16-129-01171 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth ? | 16-129-06542 | Other status | Other type | Sipple Oil Co |
| Rogers, Clyde 7 | 16-129-04883 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Rogers, Clyde-Tract #3 21 | 16-129-04838 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.