API 15-119-20070Plugged & abandonedOil well
Merkle 1
Oil well in Meade County, Kansas · operated by Torch Operating
Spud date
May 19, 1971
Drilling began
Completion
May 30, 1971
Plug date
Apr 20, 1988
Total depth
6,116 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-119-20070
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Cimarron Bend
- County
- Meade
- Coordinates
- 37.02130, -100.40155
- State record #
- 1006092509
Operator
- Wells operated
- 148
- Active
- 0
- States
- AL, CA, CO, KS, LA, MS, OK, WY
- As filed
- Torch Operating Company
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fry #13-1 | 35-007-23814 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harken Exploration Company |
| Whitaker #1 | 35-007-35253 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| E E Evans #3 | 35-007-35483 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| E E Evans #2 | 35-007-35463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| E E Evans #4 | 35-007-35464 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Kamas #2-15 | 35-007-23597 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Foundation Energy Management LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.