API 15-055-22101Plugged & abandonedOil well
Stracklejohn 'A' 1
Oil well in Finney County, Kansas · operated by Merit Energy
Spud date
May 14, 2011
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 28, 2011
Plug date
Feb 3, 2025
Total depth
5,403 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-055-22101
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
- Type
- Oil(OIL-P&A)
- Field
- Wildcat
- County
- Finney
- Coordinates
- 37.76919, -100.89592
- State record #
- 1043691556
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7,361
- Active
- 4,338
- States
- AR, CA, CO, KS, LA, MI, MT, ND, NM, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Merit Energy Company, LLC
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koehn 2-34 | 15-081-22137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Palmer Oil, Inc. |
| Pierce 'B' 2 | 15-081-21412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | OXY USA Inc. |
| Obrate 33-1 | 15-081-21936 | Active | Oil | Palmer Oil, Inc. |
| Kells I 2 | 15-081-22172 | Active | Oil | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Chester Branstetter Unit 104 | 15-081-21398 | Shut-in | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Branstetter Chester Unit 305 | 15-081-21751 | Active | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.