API 15-159-21972Plugged & abandonedOil well
Smith 2
Oil well in Rice County, Kansas · operated by Commonwealth Petroleum
Spud date
Mar 15, 1985
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 21, 1985
Plug date
Nov 28, 1988
Total depth
3,350 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-159-21972
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Chase-Silica
- County
- Rice
- Coordinates
- 38.29525, -98.46230
- State record #
- 1006121782
Operator
- Wells operated
- 56
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL, KS, KY, MT
- As filed
- Commonwealth Petroleum Corporation
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellies-Fischer 3 | 15-185-22824 | Active | Injection | Dawson-Markwell Exploration Co. |
| Wolf 'F' 1 | 15-185-00129 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mellies 1 | 15-185-01184 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mellies-Eason 1 | 15-185-26578 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mellies-Eason 1 | 15-185-19162 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dawson-Markwell Exploration Co. |
| U..S Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife 3 | 15-185-21747 | Other status | Other type | Petq, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.