API 12-051-02568OrphanedOil well
Burtschi 4
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Burtschi Dan L
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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
1,594 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-02568
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.04350, -88.90243
- State record #
- 120510256801
Operator
- Wells operated
- 6
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Burtschi, Dan L.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarm, Jeremiah K-14 | 12-051-27686 | Active | Injection | Plains Illinois, Inc. |
| Schwarm, S. W. & A. E. 18 | 12-051-27613 | Active | Oil | Plains Illinois, Inc. |
| Peters, H. F. 2 | 12-051-02108 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Stokes 1 | 12-051-01339 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, Milton |
| Swarm, Jeremiah J-13 | 12-051-26753 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Plains Illinois, Inc. |
| L. H. 1 | 12-051-28204 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duncan, Raymond T. Oil Properties |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.