API 12-041-00364OrphanedOil well
Wimple, Virgie B-3
Oil well in Douglas County, Illinois · operated by Richardson Mh
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, 1957
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,605 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-041-00364
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Douglas
- Coordinates
- 39.77123, -88.37965
- State record #
- 120410036400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 310
- Active
- 27
- States
- IL, KY, MI
- As filed
- Richardson, M. H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolin Cemetery Tr. Unit 1 | 12-029-00190 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Milam, M. C. |
| Coombes Estate C-5 | 12-029-00180 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson & Stone |
| Hartford, W. R. Et Al 1-SWD | 12-029-00531 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ashland Oil & Refining Company |
| Sanders, Charles R 1 | 12-139-00142 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Horton, Leo V., Etal |
| Logan, Lily 1 | 12-041-00093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richardson, M. H. |
| Kanitz 1 | 12-041-00169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Spencer, E. E. Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.