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API 15-159-04363Plugged & abandonedOil well

Cleavinger 1

Oil well in Rice County, Kansas · operated by Sterling Drilling

Spud date

Sep 27, 1947

Drilling began

Completion

Oct 9, 1947

Plug date

Nov 18, 1965

Total depth

3,471 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-159-04363
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
Type
Oil(OIL-P&A)
Field
Welch-Bornholdt
County
Rice
Coordinates
38.25425, -97.99462
State record #
1001282842

Operator

Sterling Drilling

Wells operated
169
Active
15
States
CO, KS, KY, MI, WY
As filed
Sterling Drilling Company

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Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.