API 12-081-01985OrphanedOil well
McKinney-Riggs Comm. Tr. 6 2
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Becker Oil
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 14, 1999
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,860 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-01985
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.43692, -88.83809
- State record #
- 120810198502
Operator
- Wells operated
- 251
- Active
- 81
- States
- CO, IL, KS, KY, OK, WY
- As filed
- Becker Oil, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Ray 2 | 12-081-23794 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Wilson-DeMier 1 | 12-081-24625 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | DeMier Oil Company |
| Rainey, Homer 1 | 12-081-00745 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bayer, Kenneth M. |
| Bluford Community 1 | 12-081-24706 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro Venture, Inc. |
| Woodworth Ben 1 | 12-081-00754 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Puritan Drilling Company |
| Kirkpatrick Unit 1 | 12-081-01320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lindsay, Theodore R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.