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API 12-101-01557OrphanedOil well

Sandlin 9

Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Bailor We

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

Feb 1, 1956

Plug date

Total depth

1,772 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-101-01557
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OILP)
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.68530, -87.68230
State record #
121010155700

Operator

Bailor We

Wells operated
59
Active
7
States
IL
As filed
Bailor, W. E.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Clark C C 112-185-04041Plugged & abandonedOilGeorge & Wrather Oil
Schafer, Roscoe 112-185-02819Plugged & abandonedOilHiggins, Gilbert A.
Hershey Mary 312-185-00413Plugged & abandonedOther typeWright, Warren Oil
Hovermale et al 112-185-28379Plugged & abandonedOther typePadgett Oil Company
Hovermale John 112-185-05116Plugged & abandonedOther typeBoyer, Stuart A.
Hovermale, John et al 112-185-25970Plugged & abandonedOilTrans Western Petroleum

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