API 12-035-00769OrphanedOil well
Walker, Frank 3
Oil well in Cumberland County, Illinois · operated by Forest 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, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
565 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-035-00769
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 39.31853, -88.03602
- State record #
- 120350076901
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,065
- Active
- 108
- States
- AL, AR, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, ND, NM, UT
- As filed
- Forest Oil Corporation
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Edward 7 | 12-023-02940 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Etal |
| Neely 1 | 12-023-00571 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bennett, J. C. |
| Bennett, E. 10 | 12-023-03677 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Cole, Frank 3 | 12-023-25803 | Active | Oil | Knierim, Max Inc. |
| Cole, Frank 27 | 12-023-25808 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knierim, Max Inc. |
| Claypool Consolidated 36 | 12-023-01797 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.