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API 12-029-23197OrphanedOil well

Rothenpieler 6

Oil well in Coles County, Illinois · operated by Metro Petroleum

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

Sep 7, 2000

Plug date

Total depth

3,210 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-029-23197
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Coles
Coordinates
39.41338, -88.40243
State record #
120292319701

Operator

Metro Petroleum

Wells operated
26
Active
0
States
IL
As filed
Metro Petroleum, L.L.C.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Starwalt, Charles 112-035-23117Plugged & abandonedOther typeAtlas Oil Company, Inc.
Gawthrop, B. S. 112-173-00509Plugged & abandonedOther typeNational Associated Petroleum Co.
Ballinger 112-035-01016Plugged & abandonedOther typeRoman, Ronald P.
Young, William 112-173-00517Plugged & abandonedOther typeGeorge & Wrather Oil
McClory, Anna 112-173-01045Plugged & abandonedOther typeGulf Refining Company
Miller, John C. 112-035-00085Plugged & abandonedOther typeJarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.