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API 15-015-30162OrphanedOil well

Lee-Prier 5

Oil well in Butler County, Kansas · operated by Chestnut Production

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

Jan 15, 1965

Drilling began

Completion

Feb 15, 1965

Plug date

Total depth

2,120 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-015-30162
Status
Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Augusta
County
Butler
Coordinates
37.64933, -96.95874
State record #
1002893481

Operator

Chestnut Production

Wells operated
2
Active
0
States
KS
As filed
Chestnut Production Co.

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Nearby wells

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Muddy Creek Water 1115-015-78223Plugged & abandonedOther type
Milleson 115-015-30220Plugged & abandonedOther type
Milleson 115-015-78290Plugged & abandonedOther type
Knollenberg 815-015-78283Plugged & abandonedOil
Knollenberg 515-015-78280Plugged & abandonedOil
Piper 2KS:1057054297Other statusOther type

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