API 12-021-01073OrphanedOil well
Robert Heirs 1-B
Oil well in Christian County, Illinois · operated by Podolsky Bernard
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, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,900 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-021-01073
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Christian
- Coordinates
- 39.77425, -89.19639
- State record #
- 120210107300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 271
- Active
- 115
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Podolsky, Bernard
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Trust 1 | 12-021-25502 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R K Petroleum Corp. |
| Gordon 1 | 12-115-01037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farrar, Fletcher F. |
| Thoma 1 | 12-021-00713 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McCumber, Don |
| Richardson 1-W | 12-021-02644 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, W. Carl |
| Richardson 1 | 12-021-02106 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Armstrong, Harold E. |
| Wise-Minick 1 | 12-021-22943 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Comanche Oil (now Atlantic Energy) |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.