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API 15-035-22198OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Cowley County, Kansas · operated by Mcpherson Drilling

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

Apr 9, 1979

Drilling began

Completion

Feb 21, 1980

Plug date

Total depth

3,031 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-035-22198
Status
Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Eastman West
County
Cowley
Coordinates
37.35198, -96.81907
State record #
1002903665

Operator

Mcpherson Drilling

Wells operated
69
Active
0
States
KS
As filed
McPherson Drilling Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Lester 1 SWD15-035-24581Other statusOther typeToto Energy, LLC
Radcliff Snyder 28-115-035-24677ActiveOilThresher Energy, Inc.
Kindt 115-035-20289Other statusOther type
Wonderful World 115-035-24610ActiveOilRichardson and Son , Inc.
Kadau 115-035-00147Plugged & abandonedOil
Cranston 215-035-01031ActiveInjectionDouble D Oil Company, Inc.

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