API 12-051-03647OrphanedOil well
Buzzard Bros. 5
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Magnolia 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
Sep 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,401 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-03647
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.11073, -88.88733
- State record #
- 120510364700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,275
- Active
- 163
- States
- AL, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, OK
- As filed
- Magnolia Petroleum Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stein, Fannie 1 | 12-051-00680 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arrow Drilling Co. |
| Campbell, J. E. 1 | 12-051-00679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | IL Ref. Co. |
| Campbell 1 | 12-051-00678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Muma, C. W. 1 | 12-051-02145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Company, The |
| Neathery, O. 13 | 12-051-02158 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Extex, Inc. |
| Neathery, O. 10 | 12-051-02154 | Active | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.