API 15-159-02340Plugged & abandonedOil well
Altenbaumer 5
Oil well in Rice County, Kansas
Spud date
Dec 3, 1949
Drilling began
Completion
Dec 9, 1949
Plug date
Apr 25, 1979
Total depth
2,985 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-159-02340
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Chase-Silica
- County
- Rice
- Coordinates
- 38.41755, -98.38426
- State record #
- 1001281116
Operator
No operator of record — the source registry lists none for this wellbore.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leming 1 | 15-159-04526 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Francis Malone 2 | 15-159-21016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Foundation Energy Management, LLC |
| Malone 1 | 15-159-02862 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Malone 1 | 15-159-04978 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Weber A 3 | 15-159-03884 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bayer A 1 | 15-159-22062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.