API 15-135-30062Plugged & abandonedOil well
Moore 'B' 5
Oil well in Ness County, Kansas · operated by Ritchie Exploration
Spud date
Jun 29, 1965
Drilling began
Completion
Jul 20, 1965
Plug date
Oct 7, 2002
Total depth
4,405 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-135-30062
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Schaben
- County
- Ness
- Coordinates
- 38.37318, -99.68506
- State record #
- 1002936179
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,564
- Active
- 502
- States
- CO, KS, ND
- As filed
- Ritchie Exploration, Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouse 1 | 15-083-21247 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Falcon Exploration, Inc. |
| Barricklow 1 | 15-083-21463 | Active | Gas | Becker Oil Corporation |
| Horyna 9X-3 | 15-083-20759 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Foreman Farm 2-5 | 15-083-21989 | Other status | Other type | Triple Crown Operating LLC |
| Burdett Station 1 | 15-083-21498 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| Steffen 1 | 15-083-20493 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.