API 12-051-01803OrphanedOil well
Sather 10
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
Jun 18, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,596 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01803
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.04880, -88.88138
- State record #
- 120510180300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwarm, Paul H. 1 | 12-051-01557 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Whittinghill, Frank T. Jr. |
| Schwarm, A. E. etal 5 | 12-051-01736 | Active | Oil | Plains Illinois, Inc. |
| Bennyhoff-Schwarm Comm. 1 | 12-051-00378 | Active | Oil | Texas Company, The |
| Fulton, Don 1 | 12-051-26160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, W. Carl |
| Schwarm, S. W. & A. E. 1 | 12-051-02220 | Orphaned | Oil | Marathon Oil Company |
| Christman, L. Tract 5 2 | 12-051-02205 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.