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API 12-191-31254OrphanedOil well

Hooper 1

Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Fairfield Oil

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

May 26, 1985

Plug date

Total depth

4,234 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-31254
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.32062, -88.24233
State record #
121913125400

Operator

Fairfield Oil

Wells operated
30
Active
9
States
IL
As filed
Fairfield Oil Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Barbre, Martin 6A12-193-32570ActiveOilRepublic Oil Company, Inc.
Brown-Curd 212-193-30704Plugged & abandonedOther typeBrown Enterprises
Duckworth 112-193-30659Plugged & abandonedOther typeMcKinney Oil Producer, Inc.
Duckworth Jesse-B 212-193-28975Plugged & abandonedOilR. K. Petroleum Corp.
Brasier Comm 112-193-02009Plugged & abandonedOther typePaco Petroleum Corp.
Hanks 112-193-31981Plugged & abandonedOilJasper Oil Producers, Inc.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.