API 12-025-00074OrphanedOil well
Vangeison 2
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Bfb 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
Mar 21, 1998
Plug date
—
Total depth
0 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00074
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.87767, -88.61925
- State record #
- 120250007402
Operator
- Wells operated
- 21
- Active
- 9
- States
- IL
- As filed
- B-F-B Oil, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colman 1 | 12-025-25870 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | "K" Oil, Inc. |
| Spencer, Lawrence 1 | 12-025-03228 | Shut-in | Other type | Texaco, Inc. |
| Spencer, L. 2 | 12-025-03229 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco, Inc. |
| Bircher, M. 1 | 12-025-27280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagen, F. Lowell |
| Beare 1 | 12-025-01338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Everhart, J. William |
| Wolfe, Edd 1 | 12-025-25185 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Britton, Shelby A. & Sylvia |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.