API 16-237-00051OrphanedOil well
White, J B Heirs 72
Oil well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Sun Exploration & Production
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
Apr 8, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 9, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,185 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00051
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Ashley
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.75161, -83.68169
- State record #
- 18538
Operator
- Wells operated
- 318
- Active
- 2
- States
- AL, CA, CO, KY, MS, ND, NM, WY
- As filed
- SUN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cundiff, Ted 12 | 16-129-05709 | Active | Oil | Triad Resources, Inc |
| Cundiff, Myrl 3 | 16-129-01322 | Active | Oil | Rexplore, Koil & Concord Drlg |
| Davis, Sallie 31 | KY:78393 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Corp |
| Gross, Hazel 4p | 16-129-05549 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| South Flahaven 95p | 16-129-03308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hydrocarbon Res, Inc |
| Morgan, James 1 | 16-129-01300 | Active | Oil | Rexplore, Koil & Concord Drlg |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.