API 12-051-00530OrphanedOil well
Belden Unit 8
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Petco 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
Jun 22, 2001
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,570 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-00530
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.07217, -88.91718
- State record #
- 120510053003
Operator
- Wells operated
- 791
- Active
- 613
- States
- IL, MI, MS, OK
- As filed
- Petco Petroleum Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor 7 | 12-051-25940 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triple S Oil Prod. |
| Sun-Sapp 2 | 12-051-26137 | Active | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Jackson, Marie 2 | 12-051-25885 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | French, Don |
| Barnick Community 1 | 12-051-25884 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Belden 7 | 12-051-25972 | Active | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Stine, J.E. 1 | 12-051-00337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nation Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.