API 15-019-21251OrphanedOil well
Morton 27
Oil well in Chautauqua County, Kansas · operated by Quito
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
May 10, 1979
Drilling began
Completion
May 14, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,000 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-019-21251
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Peru-Sedan
- County
- Chautauqua
- Coordinates
- 37.13933, -96.08438
- State record #
- 1002895535
Operator
- Wells operated
- 162
- Active
- 1
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Quito, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. W. Smith 'A' 20 | 15-019-22745 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petro Kansas, LLC |
| Alvin Ross 8-X | KS:1055301776 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Brewster 8 | 15-019-73683 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frank Clark 2 | 15-019-01042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Freeman, Robert E. |
| Clark 2 | 15-019-20550 | Shut-in | Oil | Copperhead Creek Enterprises, Inc. |
| Tresner 1 | 15-019-19752 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.