API 16-237-00083OrphanedInjection well
White Heirs 49
Injection 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
Jul 8, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,270 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00083
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Injection(SRI)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72448, -83.69640
- State record #
- 18461
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 8a | 16-129-04962 | Other status | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Rogers, Clyde (Tract 3) 3 | 16-129-04025 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Chaney/Eureka ? | 16-129-05880 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Melcher-Atkins Oil Co Ltd ? | 16-129-06538 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Rogers, Clyde (Tract 3) 2 | 16-129-03734 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple, J B 9 | 16-129-04015 | Active | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.