API 15-163-20215Plugged & abandonedOil well
Melville 8
Oil well in Rooks County, Kansas · operated by Paul Bowman Oil
Spud date
May 23, 1969
Drilling began
Completion
May 29, 1969
Plug date
Jan 27, 1997
Total depth
3,545 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-163-20215
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Nettie
- County
- Rooks
- Coordinates
- 39.21870, -99.19443
- State record #
- 1006123600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 16
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasinger, Linus 1 | 15-051-01499 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carmichael Kollman East Unit 1 | 15-051-25604 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mai Oil Operations, Inc. |
| Chesney, Everett 1 | 15-051-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Baker Oil Operations, Inc. |
| Carmichael 'C' 2 | 15-051-02187 | Active | Oil | Patterson Energy LLC |
| Chesney 2 | 15-051-02048 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weigel, V. Francis - Family Partnership |
| Chesney 4 | 15-051-02050 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.