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API 15-191-00017Plugged & abandonedOil well

Melick 1

Oil well in Sumner County, Kansas

Spud date

Jun 13, 1955

Drilling began

Completion

Jul 20, 1955

Plug date

Sep 1, 1961

Total depth

3,544 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-191-00017
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
Type
Oil(OIL-P&A)
Field
Rutter
County
Sumner
Coordinates
37.17281, -97.22042
State record #
1002950755

Operator

No operator of record — the source registry lists none for this wellbore.

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