API 16-237-00452OrphanedOil well
Miller-Prewitt-Goff Heirs 3
Oil well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Ledford Charles E
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
Oct 11, 1973
Plug date
Mar 16, 2023
Total depth
1,190 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00452
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Big Sinking
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.72357, -83.70112
- State record #
- 81749
Operator
- Wells operated
- 18
- Active
- 0
- States
- KY
- As filed
- LEDFORD, CHARLES E
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sipple, J B 1 | 16-129-04956 | Other status | Other type | Pineur, Louis |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.