API 15-135-20480Plugged & abandonedOil well
Leiker B 1
Oil well in Ness County, Kansas · operated by Thunderbird Drilling
Spud date
Sep 15, 1971
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 23, 1971
Plug date
May 26, 1989
Total depth
4,306 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-135-20480
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Miner
- County
- Ness
- Coordinates
- 38.48581, -99.91824
- State record #
- 1006097781
Operator
- Wells operated
- 227
- Active
- 2
- States
- AR, KS, UT
- As filed
- Thunderbird Drilling, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrows Trust 1 | 15-135-24477 | Shut-in | Oil | Palomino Petroleum, Inc. |
| Rothe 1-25 | 15-135-25558 | Active | Injection | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Kerr 'MR' 1-30 | 15-135-24292 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. |
| Kerr 'MR' 2-30 | 15-135-24321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. |
| Fritzler 1 | 15-135-23059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Bain 'CC' 1-28 | 15-135-24322 | Active | Oil | Pickrell Drilling Company Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.