API 16-237-00450OrphanedOil well
White Heirs 80
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 9, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,220 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00450
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.71717, -83.69505
- State record #
- 32707
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman, R L 1p | 16-129-05265 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morris & White Supply Co |
| Beach, C Iii 2 | 16-129-05258 | Other status | Other type | Morris & White Supply Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth ? | 16-129-06545 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 37 | 16-129-02694 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
| Sipple, Elizabeth ? | 16-129-06546 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown |
| Sipple, Elizabeth 43 | 16-129-01363 | Active | Oil | Sipple Oil Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.