API 16-237-00258OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 78
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
Dec 7, 1983
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 8, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,340 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00258
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.71926, -83.69110
- State record #
- 32706
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaney ? | 16-129-05879 | Other status | Other type | Schuster Homes Inc |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 44 | 16-129-01407 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Rogers, Clyde 20 | 16-129-04920 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Rogers, Clyde 16 | 16-129-04374 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
| Hobbs, J H 4-Cw | 16-129-05063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barl Oil Co, Inc |
| Rogers, Clyde 14 | 16-129-04372 | Active | Oil | Rogers, Clyde |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.