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API 12-193-04762OrphanedOil well

Jacobs, E. S. A-12

Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Sun 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

Aug 9, 1940

Plug date

Total depth

2,857 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-193-04762
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
White
Coordinates
38.15295, -87.97670
State record #
121930476200

Operator

Sun Oil

Wells operated
1,944
Active
221
States
AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KY, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
Sun Oil Company

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