API 12-027-02081OrphanedOil well
Beuhler South 17
Oil well in Clinton County, Illinois · operated by Gulf Refining
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
May 20, 1940
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,920 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-027-02081
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 38.54933, -89.15297
- State record #
- 120270208100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,063
- Active
- 130
- States
- AL, AR, IL, KY, MI, MS
- As filed
- Gulf Refining Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buhl-North 1 | 12-189-01397 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCarthy, M., Etal |
| Sanders, Rebecca etal 4 | 12-081-00653 | Active | Oil | Oelze Equipment Co., L.L.C. |
| Sander Rebecca 5 | 12-081-01877 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Stover James R 1 | 12-081-01878 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
| Steinwald, Henry 3 | 12-189-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cravat Coal Co |
| Ohlemeyer 1 | 12-189-24813 | Active | Oil | Resolve Exploration Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.