API 12-193-28679OrphanedOil well
Prudential "B" 4
Oil well in White County, Illinois
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 5, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,675 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-193-28679
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- White
- Coordinates
- 37.99989, -88.16548
- State record #
- 121932867901
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, Robert 4 | 12-059-24573 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Robinson Engineering |
| Downen G & E 1 | 12-059-24602 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brehm Investment Group, Inc. |
| Hill, C. 1 | 12-059-00375 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lohmann-Johnson Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Spencer, et al. | IN:113569 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mills 1 | 12-059-00527 | Active | Injection | Egyptian Gas Storage Corp. |
| Murphy Ira W 1 | 12-059-00530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.