API 15-099-21720OrphanedOil well
Merrick 17
Oil well in Labette County, Kansas · operated by Baystar Petroleum
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
Jan 17, 1982
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 22, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,216 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-099-21720
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Labette
- Coordinates
- 37.21632, -95.43031
- State record #
- 1026644417
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Baystar Petroleum Corporation
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hittle 1 | KS:1052681424 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Rhodes 1 | KS:1052682260 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Rhodes 3 | KS:1052682283 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Eye, Mary Ellen 9-1 | 15-099-24392 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Banowetz, Ray A. 10-1 | 15-099-24370 | Orphaned | Gas | PostRock Midcontinent Production LLC |
| Piaszynski, James J. 10-1 | 15-099-24371 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.