API 12-051-01678OrphanedOil well
Lape 1
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Belden Wl
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
Mar 5, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,247 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01678
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 38.88670, -88.93523
- State record #
- 120510167800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 185
- Active
- 53
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Belden, W. L.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conant, O.M. 1 | 12-121-01462 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Redwine, Nash |
| Doolin, E W 1 | 12-121-01466 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Buell, T. R. & Doran, P. |
| French 1 | 12-121-00863 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allen, W. O. |
| Roberts Farms Inc. 2 | 12-121-26972 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Nichols, A.D. 1 | 12-121-00850 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penn-IL Oil & Gas |
| Hines 3 | 12-121-04948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Luttrell, Homer |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.