API 12-035-00443OrphanedOil well
Black, Wm. M9
Oil well in Cumberland County, Illinois · operated by Forest 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
Apr 1, 1946
Plug date
—
Total depth
395 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-035-00443
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Cumberland
- Coordinates
- 39.32212, -88.02843
- State record #
- 120350044300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,065
- Active
- 108
- States
- AL, AR, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, ND, NM, UT
- As filed
- Forest Oil Corporation
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford, Mary 1 | 12-035-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Froderman, G.H. & Connelly, Everett |
| Bennett, J.P. 19 | 12-023-01771 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Stutesman 1 | 12-023-26341 | Active | Injection | Loftis, Eldon |
| Connelly, J. 1 | 12-023-00980 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crest Oil Co., Inc. |
| Staley, Levi 5 | 12-023-04287 | Orphaned | Other type | Partlow, Marion Oil Prod. |
| Travis 1 | 12-035-00118 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daugherty H V |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.