API 12-059-03205OrphanedOil well
Kirkpatrick 1
Oil well in Gallatin County, Illinois · operated by Lichlyter Walter Lee
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
Sep 21, 1965
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,038 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-059-03205
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Gallatin
- Coordinates
- 37.80438, -88.11363
- State record #
- 120590320500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Lichlyter, Walter Lee
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan, Cecil J 2 | 16-225-02140 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caspian Oil Co |
| Riley Comm 2 | KY:2038583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Basin Drilling |
| Mcmurray, Idanelle 1 | 16-225-01713 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Blue, Lillie 1 | KY:103782 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Co |
| Buchanan, W B 3 | 16-225-02141 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caspian Oil Co |
| Richards, Tom T 1 | 16-225-02537 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cherry, A W |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.