API 12-081-02009OrphanedOil well
DeSelms 1
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Duncan Walter
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 1, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,235 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-02009
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.42038, -88.83827
- State record #
- 120810200901
Operator
- Wells operated
- 520
- Active
- 75
- States
- IL, KY, MT, OK, WY
- As filed
- Duncan, Walter
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strickland D M 1 | 12-081-01306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strickland, Frank L. |
| Leffler (SWD) 2-K | 12-081-00935 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wood Energy, Inc. |
| Chaney 3 | 12-081-25085 | Active | Oil | Herr, Robert C. III |
| Burger 1 | 12-081-24726 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murvin Oil Company |
| Glass, W. L. 1 | 12-081-02217 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H Double L Oil Dev. |
| Moore, J.J. Comm. 1 | 12-081-02215 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amgo, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.