API 16-237-00058OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 65
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 20, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,279 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00058
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.71821, -83.69421
- State record #
- 18463
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, Elizabeth 43 | 16-129-01363 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 33 | 16-129-00596 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 35 | 16-129-00752 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Unknown Unknown | 16-129-06164 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Unknown Unknown | 16-129-06165 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Rogers, Clyde 15 | 16-129-04373 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.