API 15-205-21578OrphanedOil well
Varner 23
Oil well in Wilson County, Kansas · operated by Viva International
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
Mar 17, 1981
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 20, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,001 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-205-21578
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Buffalo-Vilas
- County
- Wilson
- Coordinates
- 37.67148, -95.58995
- State record #
- 1002954918
Operator
- Wells operated
- 266
- Active
- 5
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Viva International, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell 1-82 | 15-205-23145 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Russell 1 | 15-205-21450 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Eisele, Norman 'C' 3 | 15-205-26243 | Shut-in | Gas | SEK Energy, LLC |
| Nunnenkamp 'B' 1 | 15-205-20517 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Nunnenkamp 'B' 2 | 15-205-20518 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Nunnenkamp 'B' 3 | 15-205-20519 | Other status | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.