API 12-025-28146OrphanedOil well
Buchanan 1-B
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
Dec 25, 1992
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,799 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-28146
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.61828, -88.32295
- State record #
- 120252814600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessel 1 | 12-191-04788 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hodge M C |
| Shelton, L. W. 1 | 12-191-01075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Sawyer Et Al Comm 1 | 12-191-30719 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amosoil, Inc. |
| Enlow 2 | 12-191-30455 | Active | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Simmons, Ira 1 | 12-191-01022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Abner, Raymond |
| Farris Wm 1 | 12-191-01066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.