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
- Wells operated
- 25
- Active
- 0
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Brake Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dockendorf 42-15 | 15-145-20755 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A. R. & R., Ltd. |
| Earl Meckfessel 1 | 15-145-20217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meckfessel 1 | 15-145-20188 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Meckfessel 1 | 15-145-20108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Delp 1 | 15-145-20444 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| Thompson 1a | 15-145-21834 | Active | Oil | Bear Petroleum, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.