API 16-237-00471OrphanedGas well
Sewell, Edwin & Taylor 1
Gas well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Young
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 28, 1960
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 28, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,471 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00471
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- Field
- Holly Creek
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.66456, -83.45457
- State record #
- 80367
Operator
- Wells operated
- 250
- Active
- 100
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- YOUNG, L C
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrix, Lewis H 1 | 16-025-01280 | Active | Oil | Bradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co |
| Mullins, Sam Heirs 2 | 16-025-00226 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vogler, Pat |
| Gross Heirs 1 | 16-025-00408 | Orphaned | Other type | Leeco Petroleum Corp |
| Watts, James Sr 1 | 16-025-00761 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kentucky Drilling & Operating Co |
| Watts, James Sr 1 | KY:76953 | Active | Oil | Bush, C E & A H Carpenter |
| Gross, John 2 | 16-025-00551 | Active | Oil | Bush, C E & A H Carpenter |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.