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API 16-237-00042OrphanedOil well

Ledford-White 65

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 18, 1981

Drilling began

Completion

Dec 20, 1981

Plug date

Total depth

1,378 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
16-237-00042
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Big Sinking
County
Wolfe
Coordinates
37.73105, -83.67585
State record #
18471

Operator

Sun Oil

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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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Shackelford, Alex 1p16-129-01872ActiveOilRavenna Oil Co, Inc
Tyree, Matty Heirs 2p16-129-05214Other statusOther typeThe Wiser Oil Co
Browning, Richard 316-129-03188ActiveOilOil Investors, Ltd
Tyree, Matty Heirs 1p16-129-05213Other statusOther typeThe Wiser Oil Co
Johnson, Timothy 1rtj16-129-00281ActiveOilRavenna Oil Co, Inc
Davis, Frank 116-129-05329Other statusOther typeOhio Kentucky Oil Corporation

Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.