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API 12-009-20691OrphanedOil well

Frank 8

Oil well in Brown County, Illinois · operated by Texas American 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

Feb 2, 1984

Plug date

Total depth

735 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-009-20691
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Brown
Coordinates
39.93354, -90.81588
State record #
120092069102

Operator

Texas American Oil

Wells operated
229
Active
2
States
CO, IL, ND, OK, UT, WY
As filed
Texas American Oil Corp.

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Stauffer 112-001-00580Plugged & abandonedOther typeBeach, Arnold
Bradbury 112-149-20911Plugged & abandonedOther typeDiamond M Energy Inc.
Kurfman 112-001-21826Plugged & abandonedOther typeQuincy Oil Co.
Bowman, Elvie G. 112-149-00190Plugged & abandonedOther typeBassett, Clyde
Cooley 112-149-00394Plugged & abandonedOther typeBeach, Arnold
Cull 112-149-20827Other statusOther typeSouth Comstock Corp.

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