API 12-041-00715OrphanedOil well
Wimple B-4
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
Oct 18, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,596 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-041-00715
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Douglas
- Coordinates
- 39.77118, -88.37753
- State record #
- 120410071500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner 1-F | 12-029-00386 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bertram, Fred |
| Skinner, James C. 1 | 12-029-00346 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reeves, E.C. Estate of |
| Walker 6 | 12-029-00374 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schaefer, James L. |
| Coombe Estate "C" 9 | 12-029-00229 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson & Stone |
| Walker 4 | 12-029-00442 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schaefer, James L. |
| Walker 2 | 12-029-00159 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Schaefer, James L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.