API 15-169-00792Plugged & abandonedOil well
Balaun 1
Oil well in Saline County, Kansas · operated by Gear Petroleum
Spud date
Sep 13, 1950
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 25, 1950
Plug date
Jul 13, 1983
Total depth
3,225 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-169-00792
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Salina
- County
- Saline
- Coordinates
- 38.80257, -97.58629
- State record #
- 1006796962
Operator
- Wells operated
- 267
- Active
- 2
- States
- CO, KS, MT, ND, OK
- As filed
- Gear Petroleum Company, Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin 1 | 15-169-00559 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Tom Brown Construction, Inc. |
| Anderson 2 | 15-169-00918 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Johnson, H.T. 3 | 15-169-00923 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Herb T. Johnson 3 | KS:1006800607 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Holcomb 1 | 15-169-00721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson, H.T. 1 | 15-169-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.