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API 12-047-24277OrphanedOil well

Nile-Bunting 1-A

Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Mcdowell Bros 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

Sep 19, 1990

Plug date

Total depth

3,968 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-047-24277
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Edwards
Coordinates
38.41243, -88.05430
State record #
120472427700

Operator

Mcdowell Bros Oil

Wells operated
99
Active
13
States
IL
As filed
McDowell Bros. Oil Co., Inc.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Boster "C" #312-047-01968Plugged & abandonedInjectionSkiles Oil Corporation
Broster 212-047-00139ActiveOilO'Meara & Anderson
R E Smith Et Al 112-047-22467Plugged & abandonedOther typeSandy Ridge Oil Company
Evans Orson R 712-047-01775Plugged & abandonedOther typeCalvert Drilling, Inc.
Webb 512-047-01773Other statusOther typeKeepes Petroleum, Inc.
Metcalf 212-047-22464Plugged & abandonedOilBrehm, C. E. Drilling & Producing

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