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API 12-081-24092OrphanedOil well

Kent 5

Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Gibraltar Energy

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

Dec 18, 1983

Plug date

Total depth

2,995 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-081-24092
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Jefferson
Coordinates
38.27348, -88.83777
State record #
120812409200

Operator

Gibraltar Energy

Wells operated
178
Active
6
States
IL, KY, MI, MS
As filed
Gibraltar Energy Corp.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Kelly (Gilbert) 112-081-00122Plugged & abandonedOilNollem Oil & Gas Co
COTHRAN, Florence 112-081-00868Plugged & abandonedOther typeCalvert Drilling, Inc.
Woelfel, George Comm 112-081-01239Plugged & abandonedOther typeCalvert Drilling, Inc.
Threl 2-B12-081-01179Plugged & abandonedInjectionKewanee Oil & Gas
Woeful, George 112-081-00058Plugged & abandonedOther typeNason Coal
Lankford Rosa E 112-081-00804Plugged & abandonedOther typeGeorge & Wrather Oil

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