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API 15-015-78008Plugged & abandonedOil well

Whitmer 1

Oil well in Butler County, Kansas

Spud date

Aug 20, 1940

Drilling began

Completion

Sep 27, 1940

Plug date

Oct 1, 1947

Total depth

2,718 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
15-015-78008
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: OIL-P&A / PLUGGED AND ABANDONED)
Type
Oil(OIL-P&A)
Field
Unknown
County
Butler
Coordinates
37.60967, -96.66404
State record #
1006769227

Operator

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

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Wehrman 115-015-00145Plugged & abandonedOther type
Wehrman 415-015-79112Plugged & abandonedOil
Ellis 115-015-00006Plugged & abandonedOther type
Lizzie B. Fox 115-015-00837Plugged & abandonedOther type
Shinn 115-015-00671Other statusOther type
Wehrman 115-015-00888Other statusOil

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