API 12-021-22771OrphanedOil well
Augur 3
Oil well in Christian County, Illinois · operated by Foster Lewis H
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
—
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 10, 1974
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,905 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-021-22771
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Christian
- Coordinates
- 39.75829, -89.22437
- State record #
- 120212277100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Foster, Lewis H.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loeb, Dollie 4 | 12-021-24992 | Orphaned | Oil | Benchmark Properties, Ltd. |
| Loeb, Dollie 3 | 12-021-24993 | Active | Oil | Benchmark Properties, Ltd. |
| Brockelsby-Blount Comm. 1-L | 12-021-25003 | Active | Oil | Lockwood, Ronald G. |
| Hickes, E.A. 1 | 12-021-00939 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robison, H. F. |
| Assumption 11 | 12-021-23695 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Grieve, Robert 1 | 12-021-22848 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Evans, Robert H. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.