API 15-019-40704OrphanedOil well
Briggs Ow5
Oil well in Chautauqua County, Kansas · operated by Horton Jack
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
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,260 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-019-40704
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Chautauqua
- Coordinates
- 37.16845, -96.27745
- State record #
- 1046491339
Operator
- Wells operated
- 84
- Active
- 1
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Horton, Jack
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wemmer 1 | 15-019-40622 | Active | Injection | Essex Resources, LLC |
| Athey 13 | 15-019-19730 | Active | Injection | John M. Denman Oil Co., Inc. |
| Charles Kelly 7 | 15-019-24869 | Shut-in | Oil | Jones & Buck Development, LLC |
| Smith 4-A | 15-019-25868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lemert 2 | 15-019-25809 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Keenan 22 | 15-019-19562 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | John M. Denman Oil Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.