API 12-009-21874OrphanedGas well
Volk 1
Gas well in Brown County, Illinois · operated by Gedco Oil & Gas
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
Jun 15, 1986
Plug date
—
Total depth
525 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-009-21874
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- County
- Brown
- Coordinates
- 39.96788, -90.59762
- State record #
- 120092187400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 200
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL, LA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett, M. & R. 2 | 12-009-20961 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Indiana Petro. |
| Garrett, M. & R. 1 | 12-009-20960 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Indiana Petro. |
| Herald 1 | 12-009-21693 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great Lakes Niagran, Inc. |
| Saxer 1 | 12-009-20391 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ankarlo, George S. |
| Riley 1 | 12-009-21577 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Martin, Larry L. |
| Saxer, Roy 3 | 12-009-21537 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R & R Enterprises |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.