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API 12-051-02109OrphanedOil well

Smail, Wm. 18

Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Gulf Refining

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

Feb 1, 1940

Plug date

Total depth

1,619 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-051-02109
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Fayette
Coordinates
38.92328, -88.92815
State record #
120510210900

Operator

Gulf Refining

Wells operated
1,063
Active
130
States
AL, AR, IL, KY, MI, MS
As filed
Gulf Refining Company

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Urbina 212-121-26998Plugged & abandonedOther typeGentry,R. & Charlton,J.
Williams-Hammer Comm. 112-121-05514Plugged & abandonedOilNational Associated Petroleum Co.
Urbina, Raul 1-A12-121-26885Plugged & abandonedOilGentry Oil
O'Dell etal 112-121-27415Plugged & abandonedOilPotter, Lawrence E.
O'Donley, Clifford 112-121-01980Plugged & abandonedOther typeRedwine, Nash
Jones G F 112-121-01465Plugged & abandonedOther type

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