API 15-167-20581OrphanedOil well
Hilgenberg 1
Oil well in Russell County, Kansas · operated by Leo Michaelis Oil Operator
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
Dec 14, 1972
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 9, 1973
Plug date
Apr 1, 1996
Total depth
3,302 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-167-20581
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL-P&A / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Hall-Gurney
- County
- Russell
- Coordinates
- 38.73569, -98.68782
- State record #
- 1006134050
Operator
- Wells operated
- 22
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenisch 2-34 | 15-009-25917 | Active | Oil | MAD Operators LLC |
| Well 15-009-90610 | 15-009-90610 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Well 15-009-90621 | 15-009-90621 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Harzman 1 | 15-009-01300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jenisch 3 | 15-009-07415 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Klug 1 | 15-009-00938 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.