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API 12-059-01695OrphanedOil well

Leach B K B1

Oil well in Gallatin County, Illinois · operated by Eastern 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

Apr 1, 1955

Plug date

Total depth

2,125 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-059-01695
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Gallatin
Coordinates
37.81348, -88.09290
State record #
120590169500

Operator

Eastern Petroleum

Wells operated
313
Active
10
States
CO, IL, KS, KY, MI, OH, OK, WY
As filed
Eastern Petroleum Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Head Community 112-059-24338Plugged & abandonedOther typeEagle Oil, Inc.
Mc Murray, T G 416-225-00099ActiveOilGallagher, Victor
Unknown Unknown16-225-03081OrphanedOther typeUnknown
Henry, J F 1KY:2038558ActiveOilCantrell, Bill G
Briscoe, C A 3KY:2038550Plugged & abandonedOther typeOhio Oil Co
Whittington, G 116-225-02690Plugged & abandonedOther typeTurner, J D

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