API 12-025-27989OrphanedOil well
Buchanan 1-A
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Murvin 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
Nov 14, 1988
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,705 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27989
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.62010, -88.32285
- State record #
- 120252798900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 94
- Active
- 45
- States
- AL, IL
- As filed
- Murvin Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Cisne-Clay 17 | 12-191-07767 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Harris, Lynn 1 | 12-191-29926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Buchanan, Art |
| N Cisne-Fearn 6 | 12-191-07775 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Fishel 2 | 12-191-33211 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman's Bay Exploration, Inc |
| Fishel, E. J. B-1 | 12-191-00871 | Active | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Walker 1 | 12-191-04998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keyser, Charles |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.