API 16-237-00043OrphanedOil well
Ledford-White 68
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 16, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 18, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,401 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00043
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.73539, -83.66487
- State record #
- 18481
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderpool, William 12p | 16-129-01647 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Thomas, C D 2w | 16-129-01762 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Fraley, Claude Un | 16-129-06686 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Lee County Land Co 2 | 16-129-06474 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Cordon Family Trust 2 | 16-129-06488 | Other status | Other type | Davis Oil Inc |
| Kincaid, Bud 4w | 16-129-01761 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.