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API 15-145-21591OrphanedOil well

Smith 1-5

Oil well in Pawnee County, Kansas · operated by Brake

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

Sep 12, 2009

Drilling began

Completion

Sep 18, 2009

Plug date

Total depth

4,400 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-145-21591
Status
Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Freeland
County
Pawnee
Coordinates
38.26039, -99.43136
State record #
1040991159

Operator

Brake

Wells operated
25
Active
0
States
KS
As filed
Brake Inc.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Dockendorf 42-1515-145-20755Plugged & abandonedOther typeA. R. & R., Ltd.
Earl Meckfessel 115-145-20217Plugged & abandonedOther type
Meckfessel 115-145-20188Plugged & abandonedOil
Meckfessel 115-145-20108Plugged & abandonedOther type
Delp 115-145-20444Plugged & abandonedOther typeSterling Drilling Company
Thompson 1a15-145-21834ActiveOilBear Petroleum, LLC

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