API 16-237-00105OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 52
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
Sep 28, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 29, 1982
Plug date
Jul 27, 1983
Total depth
1,300 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00105
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72342, -83.69525
- State record #
- 18462
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Clyde 7 | 16-129-04283 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 42 | 16-129-01267 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Rogers, Clyde (Fee) Tract #2 9 | 16-129-04815 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple & Luxon 9a | 16-129-04963 | Other status | Other type | Striser Petroleum, Inc |
| Rogers, Clyde Tr3 1 | 16-129-03065 | Active | Injection | Rogers, Clyde |
| Sipple, J B 47 | 16-129-06540 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co Ltd |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.