API 12-191-00816OrphanedOil well
Borah L E 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Bell Brothers
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, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,205 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-00816
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.41992, -88.30547
- State record #
- 121910081600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 203
- Active
- 22
- States
- IL, KS
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis C R 1 | 12-191-03690 | Active | Oil | Davis, Alva C. Drilling Co. |
| Lasater Et Al 1 | 12-191-31356 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heflin Oil Co. |
| Vaughn, Melvin 1 | 12-191-31983 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Jelly Donald 1 | 12-191-03756 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, Alva C. Drilling Co. |
| Jeffers 1 | 12-191-01634 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nation, Ben H. |
| Gill 1 | 12-191-29838 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mid-America Petroleum Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.