API 12-159-23727Plugged & abandonedOil well
Childs Trust 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Viking Oil
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Mar 11, 1978
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,127 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-23727
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: Oil Producer, Plugged)
- Type
- Oil(OILP)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.59037, -87.98619
- State record #
- 121592372700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 181
- Active
- 28
- States
- CA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, UT
- As filed
- Viking Oil Company
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shearer, Tom 4W | 12-185-28082 | Active | Injection | Beard, F. L. Service Corp. |
| Addis Coale Jr 1 | 12-047-22221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Friedstad Francis |
| Reid Emory 2 | 12-047-22911 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrell, William |
| Fullerton 1 | 12-047-01282 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Company |
| McKinzie, James etal 1 | 12-047-22662 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ram Oil Company |
| Rodgers-Wade Comm 1 | 12-047-23232 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stennett, Sylvan |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.