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API 15-159-05172ActiveOil well

W. L. Welch 2

Oil well in Rice County, Kansas

Spud date

Dec 21, 1926

Drilling began

Completion

Mar 17, 1927

Plug date

Total depth

3,504 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-159-05172
Status
Active(state code: OIL)
Type
Oil(OIL)
Field
Welch-Bornholdt
County
Rice
Coordinates
38.26242, -97.95020
State record #
1001283601

Operator

No operator of record — the source registry lists none for this wellbore.

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Wittorff 115-155-00228Plugged & abandonedOther type
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Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.