API 15-049-21489OrphanedOil well
Arbuckle 1
Oil well in Elk County, Kansas · operated by Criger 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
Apr 14, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Apr 16, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,306 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-049-21489
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Unknown
- County
- Elk
- Coordinates
- 37.49862, -96.40615
- State record #
- 1025828607
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Criger Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patteson-Sheel 9 | 15-049-00227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Waldron 4 | 15-049-21654 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Patteson-Sheel 6 | 15-049-20411 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Patteson-Sheel Oil Co. |
| Ed R Walker 3 | 15-049-20381 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Sheel (Jones) 3 | 15-049-70987 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Kempton 4 | 15-049-21402 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.