API 16-237-00088OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 71
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
Jul 8, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 9, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,260 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00088
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72773, -83.69732
- State record #
- 18465
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Unknown | 16-129-06173 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Harper, Wendell 1 | 16-129-04757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burnett Drilling |
| Perkins, Donald M-2 | 16-129-05736 | Other status | Other type | Perkins, Don & Assoc, Inc |
| Coomer, Abe & E Combs 1 | 16-129-05292 | Other status | Other type | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Warner, H A 18 | 16-129-03647 | Other status | Other type | Burnett, Carl |
| Perkins, Donald M-6 | 16-129-05734 | Active | Oil | Perkins, Don & Assoc, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.