API 15-167-21618Plugged & abandonedOil well
Rusch 'Ab' 1
Oil well in Russell County, Kansas · operated by Vess Oil
Spud date
Apr 10, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Aug 4, 1981
Plug date
Nov 6, 2014
Total depth
3,360 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-167-21618
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Fairport
- County
- Russell
- Coordinates
- 38.99083, -99.03379
- State record #
- 1006135987
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,018
- Active
- 1,235
- States
- KS, OK
- As filed
- Vess Oil Corporation
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter 2-W | 15-167-19184 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Lonestar Oil Co |
| Carter 'G' W-49 | 15-167-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Baxter 15-A | 15-167-06509 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Coady, Mary A. 2 | 15-167-22464 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Baxter 1 | KS:1006796310 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Mermis W-1 | 15-167-39914 | Active | Injection | Decker Lease Operations, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.