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API 15-159-06363ActiveOil well

Root 5

Oil well in Rice County, Kansas

Spud date

Oct 10, 1954

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 19, 1954

Plug date

Total depth

3,222 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-159-06363
Status
Active(state code: OIL / FEDERAL PLUGGING PROJECT)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Geneseo-Edwards
County
Rice
Coordinates
38.44677, -98.14895
State record #
1001284714

Operator

No operator of record — the source registry lists none for this wellbore.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Willhaus 1KS:1005770229Other statusOther type
Potwin 115-159-30068Plugged & abandonedOil
Habiger 115-159-30325Plugged & abandonedOther type
Sellers 115-159-21804Plugged & abandonedOilPetroleum Energy, Inc.
Brinckerhoff 115-159-30300Plugged & abandonedOil
Lloyd M. Sellers 715-159-20230Plugged & abandonedOilRME Petroleum Company

Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.