API 12-021-00988OrphanedOil well
Bulpitt 1-A
Oil well in Christian County, Illinois · operated by Joe Simpkins Oil Developments
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
Jul 1, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,840 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-021-00988
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Christian
- Coordinates
- 39.59442, -89.42457
- State record #
- 120210098800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 208
- Active
- 41
- States
- IL, KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huddleston, Claude 1 | 12-021-00474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dunbar, Price |
| Johnston, Anna H. 1 | 12-021-00273 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Myers, John W. |
| Campbell 1 | 12-021-00518 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McElmurray, L. A. |
| Bradford 1 | 12-021-01916 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unger, John |
| Anderson 1 | 12-021-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Palmers Oil-Gas-Mng |
| Johnston, D.W. 1 | 12-021-02184 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Goss, James H. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.