API 15-159-02712Plugged & abandonedOil well
Schafer 4
Oil well in Rice County, Kansas · operated by Thunderbird Drilling
Spud date
Mar 19, 1963
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 25, 1963
Plug date
Jan 27, 1993
Total depth
3,386 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-159-02712
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Tobias
- County
- Rice
- Coordinates
- 38.26529, -98.27893
- State record #
- 1001281378
Operator
- Wells operated
- 227
- Active
- 2
- States
- AR, KS, UT
- As filed
- Thunderbird Drilling, Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbourn 3 | 15-155-02397 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Kilbourn 1 | 15-155-02395 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Rose 1 | 15-155-03298 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Culbertson 2 | 15-155-20438 | Active | Injection | Vamco Operations |
| Justus 'A' 3 | 15-155-20704 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lotus Operating Company, L.L.C. |
| White 1 | 15-155-20556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.