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API 15-019-26937OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Chautauqua County, Kansas · operated by Wilbanks M Ray Deceased

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

Dec 1, 2008

Drilling began

Completion

Feb 11, 2009

Plug date

Total depth

2,395 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-019-26937
Status
Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Malone East
County
Chautauqua
Coordinates
37.26701, -96.34559
State record #
1038700113

Operator

Wilbanks M Ray Deceased

Wells operated
2
Active
0
States
KS
As filed
Wilbanks, M. Ray (deceased)

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Nearby wells

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Wethington Ibey 115-019-27025Plugged & abandonedOther typeFoster Oil & Gas
Butcher 615-019-27375ActiveOilJones Oil Exploration, LLC
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Wiley 115-019-70915Plugged & abandonedOther type
Davis 115-019-70921Plugged & abandonedOil
Davis 215-019-70923Plugged & abandonedOil

Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.