API 15-035-19205OrphanedOil well
Howard 4-B
Oil well in Cowley County, Kansas · operated by Viva International
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 15, 1954
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,850 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-035-19205
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Unknown
- County
- Cowley
- Coordinates
- 37.45944, -96.83716
- State record #
- 1033431485
Operator
- Wells operated
- 266
- Active
- 5
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Viva International, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis 1 | 15-035-71648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Winfield 'A' 1 | 15-035-22690 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoppe Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Liermann 1 | 15-035-71626 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pierce 1 | 15-035-72106 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pierce N 2 | 15-035-23927 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stixon Petroleum, Inc. |
| Hill 1 | 15-035-01427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.