API 12-081-02007OrphanedOil well
Bayer K 4
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Texaco
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
Aug 1, 1945
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,740 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-02007
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.42215, -88.83808
- State record #
- 120810200700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10,522
- Active
- 267
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
- As filed
- Texaco, Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers J M 1 | 12-081-01308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schuller, W. A. |
| Strickland Heirs 1 | 12-081-01307 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strickland, Frank L. |
| Glass, W. L. 1-B | 12-081-01322 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | H Double L Oil Dev. |
| Berger Ronald D 1 | 12-081-23741 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cable Oil Company |
| Braddy 4-A | 12-081-25091 | Active | Oil | Herr, Robert C. III |
| Braddy, Don 3-A (WI) | 12-081-23716 | Active | Injection | Schmitt, Donald E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.