API 16-237-00842OrphanedOil well
Gilbert, Mort 2
Oil well in Wolfe County, Kentucky · operated by Sipple 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
Feb 4, 1987
Drilling began
Completion
Feb 5, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,279 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 16-237-00842
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Holly Creek
- County
- Wolfe
- Coordinates
- 37.67339, -83.55521
- State record #
- 75091
Operator
- Wells operated
- 28
- Active
- 16
- States
- KY
- As filed
- SIPPLE OIL CO
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins, Clay 2 | 16-025-00470 | Other status | Other type | Nelson W Williams & Co, Inc |
| Warrix, Lewis H 2 | 16-025-00680 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, John R |
| Mcintosh 1 | 16-129-03748 | Orphaned | Other type | Ware & Shewey |
| Warrix, Lewis H 1a | 16-025-00074 | Other status | Other type | Turner, John R& Edward L Clemons |
| Warrix, Lewis H 1 | 16-025-00679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, John R |
| Spencer, Price 1 | 16-025-01070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeman, E E |
Dataset updated . Source: Kentucky oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.