API 15-159-29793Plugged & abandonedOil well
Riverbed 3
Oil well in Rice County, Kansas
Spud date
Feb 2, 1951
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 3, 1951
Plug date
May 20, 1964
Total depth
3,358 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-159-29793
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Chase-Silica
- County
- Rice
- Coordinates
- 38.29933, -98.47554
- State record #
- 1001282335
Operator
No operator of record — the source registry lists none for this wellbore.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fischer 1 | 15-185-22398 | Other status | Other type | Kachina Oil Company |
| Mellies 1 | 15-185-01052 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mellies-Fischer 4 | 15-185-22854 | Active | Oil | ELM III Operating Company LLC |
| Sittner 1 | 15-185-22928 | Other status | Other type | Dawson-Markwell Exploration Co. |
| Sittner 10 | 15-185-23576 | Active | Oil | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| Swartz 1 | 15-159-20037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.