API 16-237-00601OrphanedInjection well
Ledford-White (Koplin) 8w
Injection 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
Nov 10, 1963
Drilling began
Completion
Nov 26, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,240 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00601
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Injection(SRI)
- Field
- Ashley
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.74774, -83.67984
- State record #
- 20603
Operator
- Wells operated
- 44
- Active
- 34
- States
- KY
- As filed
- MELCHER-ATKINS OIL CO, LTD
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver, Gladys 4w | 16-129-01607 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Gray Heirs-Cundiff Heirs Gc1 | 16-129-02278 | Active | Oil | Don Perkins & Associates, Inc |
| Tipton, D 12p | 16-129-01448 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Davis, Sallie 20 | 16-129-06195 | Active | Oil | Superior Oil Corp |
| Kincaid, Bud 24p | 16-129-01789 | Active | Oil | Ravenna Oil Co, Inc |
| Cundiff-Hines 4 | 16-129-06063 | Other status | Other type | Triad Resources, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.