API 16-237-00596OrphanedOil well
White, J B 2-P
Oil well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Melcher Atkins Oil
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 4, 1963
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 17, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,016 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00596
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Ashley
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.74966, -83.67803
- State record #
- 81791
Operator
- Wells operated
- 44
- Active
- 34
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MELCHER-ATKINS OIL CO, LTD
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, Sallie 65 | 16-129-01085 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Ashcraft, John 4p | 16-129-00397 | Orphaned | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Adams, Green 1p | 16-129-01590 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Robinson, Kendall 1p | 16-129-01978 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Kincaid, Cecil Heirs Farm 1 1p | 16-129-02083 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Chrisman-Keith Lease 0001 | 16-129-04493 | Other status | Other type | Rexplore, Koil & Concord Drlg |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.