API 12-191-05845OrphanedOil well
Spencer D E 4
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Swan King 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
Oct 1, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,215 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-05845
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.41102, -88.53158
- State record #
- 121910584500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 11
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Swan-King Oil Co.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson 2 | 12-191-29241 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Comanche Oil (now Atlantic Energy) |
| Parker-Demier 1 | 12-191-31219 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | DeMier Oil Company |
| Skillet Fork Farms 1-1 | 12-191-32508 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilbanks Exploration, Inc. |
| North Aden Unit A/O 5-B | 12-191-01653 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Woodham J C 2 | 12-191-00475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Twist "B" Tract 16 4 | 12-191-00253 | Orphaned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.