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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

Mercer Oil & Gas

Wells operated
10
Active
1
States
KS
As filed
Mercer Oil & Gas Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Smith, Foster 'A' 115-035-00766Plugged & abandonedOther type
Hill, W. H. 1KS:1023643811Plugged & abandonedOther type
Clark 115-035-00105Plugged & abandonedOther type
Turney-Sisler 115-035-00310Plugged & abandonedOther type
Sleeper 115-049-20766Plugged & abandonedOther type
Ferguson 1KS:1057157149Other statusOther type

Dataset updated . Source: Kansas oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.