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API 15-159-00429Plugged & abandonedOil well

Faler 1

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

Spud date

Oct 3, 1961

Drilling began

Completion

Oct 13, 1961

Plug date

Jun 4, 1992

Total depth

3,395 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-159-00429
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
Type
Oil(OIL-P&A)
Field
Tobias
County
Rice
Coordinates
38.25787, -98.27604
State record #
1002940267

Operator

Thunderbird Drilling

Wells operated
227
Active
2
States
AR, KS, UT
As filed
Thunderbird Drilling, Inc.

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