API 15-015-19725OrphanedOil well
Wehrman 1
Oil well in Butler County, Kansas · operated by Mercer Oil & Gas
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
May 28, 1956
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 26, 1926
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,800 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 15-015-19725
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: OIL / ON LIST)
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- Field
- Shinn Northeast
- County
- Butler
- Coordinates
- 37.52828, -96.55395
- State record #
- 1036443447
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10
- Active
- 1
- States
- KS
- As filed
- Mercer Oil & Gas Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Foster 'A' 1 | 15-035-00766 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hill, W. H. 1 | KS:1023643811 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clark 1 | 15-035-00105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Turney-Sisler 1 | 15-035-00310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sleeper 1 | 15-049-20766 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ferguson 1 | KS:1057157149 | Other status | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.