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API 12-009-20786OrphanedOil well

Still 4

Oil well in Brown County, Illinois · operated by Homco

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

Nov 3, 1982

Plug date

Total depth

591 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-009-20786
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Brown
Coordinates
39.93714, -90.78749
State record #
120092078600

Operator

Homco

Wells operated
192
Active
26
States
IL
As filed
Homco, Ltd.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Kurfman E D 212-149-00130Plugged & abandonedOther typeStarr, Ray F.
Haberman 112-149-20919Plugged & abandonedOther typeRiver King Oil Co.
Orr 112-149-00005Plugged & abandonedOther typeWalden & Babiak
Orr, L. O. 112-149-20923Plugged & abandonedOther typeHumble Resources Co.
Brown, Elizabeth Lake 112-149-00081Plugged & abandonedOther typeWalden Paul & Lipe
Browning 212-149-20845OrphanedOther typeMuskogee Oil Exploration

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