API 15-017-20229OrphanedOil well
Big Spring 2
Oil well in Chase County, Kansas · operated by Three Rivers Exploration
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
Jun 14, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 3, 1981
Plug date
Jul 1, 1972
Total depth
2,585 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-017-20229
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL-P&A / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Teeter-Scott
- County
- Chase
- Coordinates
- 38.10841, -96.35878
- State record #
- 1002894150
Operator
- Wells operated
- 19
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Three Rivers Exploration LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Christy 1 | KS:1056649591 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Maloney 1 | 15-073-20211 | Active | Oil | — |
| Kipfer 8 | 15-073-70351 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | TM Enterprises, Inc. |
| Cartwright Ew-11 | 15-073-19725 | Active | Oil | Warhorse Petroleum Inc |
| Cartwright Ew-10 | 15-073-70332 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Phoenix Oil Corporation |
| Cartwright Ew-14 | 15-073-70312 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Phoenix Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.