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API 12-173-00436Plugged & abandonedOil well

Troop 1

Oil well in Shelby County, Illinois · operated by Gesell Don W

Spud date

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 1, 1943

Plug date

Total depth

1,954 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-173-00436
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: Oil Producer, Plugged)
Type
Oil(OILP)
County
Shelby
Coordinates
39.28889, -88.62987
State record #
121730043601

Operator

Gesell Don W

Wells operated
32
Active
8
States
IL
As filed
Gesell, Don W.

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