API 15-019-26688OrphanedOil well
Call A-11
Oil well in Chautauqua County, Kansas · operated by Bengtson Earl L
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
Aug 11, 2005
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 13, 2005
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,725 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-019-26688
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Leniton
- County
- Chautauqua
- Coordinates
- 37.15935, -96.34113
- State record #
- 1033431425
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Bengtson, Earl L.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Travis 1 | 15-019-20843 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Lowrey 2 | 15-019-73228 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Miller 1 | 15-019-24724 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Layton 'C' 1 | 15-019-24998 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Smith 20-A | 15-019-26268 | Orphaned | Oil | Smith, Edward J. |
| Layton 1 | 15-019-73184 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.