API 15-051-21651Plugged & abandonedOil well
Ben Braun 'B' 1
Oil well in Ellis County, Kansas · operated by Rp Nixon Operations
Spud date
Mar 29, 1979
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 3, 1979
Plug date
Aug 30, 2001
Total depth
3,476 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-051-21651
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Sugarloaf Southeast
- County
- Ellis
- Coordinates
- 38.87769, -99.19472
- State record #
- 1006041962
Operator
- Wells operated
- 294
- Active
- 67
- States
- KS
- As filed
- R. P. Nixon Operations, Inc
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock 5 | 15-051-03177 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Charter Energy, Inc. |
| Wasinger 2 | 15-051-03158 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Anderson Energy, Inc. |
| Phillip 2 | 15-051-25606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Habit Petroleum, LLC |
| Stecklein 3 | 15-051-74383 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Stecklein 4 | 15-051-20888 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stecklein Oil Company |
| Stecklein 1 | 15-051-03991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.