API 15-167-00209OrphanedOil well
Machin 1
Oil well in Russell County, Kansas · operated by Giles Benjamin M
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
Jun 24, 1958
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 2, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,262 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-167-00209
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Machin
- County
- Russell
- Coordinates
- 38.94996, -98.88045
- State record #
- 1002943181
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 1
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Giles, Benjamin M.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll F 10 | 15-167-30249 | Active | Injection | ACE Oil Company |
| Fink 'B' 1 | 15-167-04025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W. J. Smith 1 | 15-167-04045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith A 11 | 15-167-21519 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Col-Kan Development, Inc. |
| Coady 2 | 15-167-05998 | Active | Oil | Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. |
| Smith 2 | 15-167-05515 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.