API 12-185-02318OrphanedOil well
Baumgart 1
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Bauer Joseph E
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
Nov 1, 1951
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,524 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-02318
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.50522, -87.76843
- State record #
- 121850231800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 64
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Bauer, Joseph E.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maud Unit 10 | 12-185-05245 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Continental Oil Company |
| Maud Unit 3 | 12-185-04454 | Other status | Other type | Byrne, Darrell W. |
| White Sereno 1A | 12-185-05440 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keneipp Richard L Jr |
| Seiler E E 5 | 12-185-01489 | Active | Oil | Continental Oil Company |
| Maud Unit 4 | 12-185-00343 | Active | Injection | Byrne, Darrell W. |
| Alka, Everett 2 | 12-185-04452 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Emge, L. O. & Higgins, T. O. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.