API 16-237-00056OrphanedOil well
Miller-Prewitt-Goff Heirs 'D' 1-19
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 15, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 16, 1982
Plug date
Mar 16, 2023
Total depth
1,345 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00056
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72445, -83.70043
- State record #
- 18442
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sipple & Luxon 18a | 16-129-04965 | Other status | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Sipple-Luxon 18a | 16-129-00483 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Sipple & Luxon 17a | 16-129-04001 | Active | Oil | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Sipple-Luxon 16a | 16-129-04000 | Active | Oil | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Sipple-Luxon 15a | 16-129-03999 | Active | Oil | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Sipple & Luxon 8a | 16-129-04962 | Other status | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.