API 15-101-21674Plugged & abandonedOil well
Buerkle Farms 1
Oil well in Lane County, Kansas · operated by Ritchie Exploration
Spud date
Sep 29, 1997
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 1, 1997
Plug date
Jul 1, 2020
Total depth
4,650 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-101-21674
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- County
- Lane
- Coordinates
- 38.43648, -100.35728
- State record #
- 1037336161
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,564
- Active
- 502
- States
- CO, KS, ND
- As filed
- Ritchie Exploration, Inc.
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| Burnett 3-15-2027 | 15-101-22391 | Active | Oil | Paradise Creek Oil & Gas |
| Fritzler 2-15-2027 | 15-101-22386 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stelbar Oil Corporation, Inc. |
| Smeltzer 'A' 1-18 | 15-101-22242 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| Stiawalt 2-A | 15-135-24503 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B & G Production, Inc. |
| Mudd 1 | 15-101-30059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mudd 1 | 15-101-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.