API 12-101-01152OrphanedOil well
Baltzell Oliver 31
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Ohio Oil Co The
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
Mar 1, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,421 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-01152
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.75587, -87.79102
- State record #
- 121010115200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 9,957
- Active
- 3,178
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Ohio Oil Co., The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walls 2 | 12-101-27757 | Active | Injection | Martin, Lee |
| Walls 1 | 12-101-27756 | Active | Oil | Martin, Lee |
| Leighty 1 | 12-101-06199 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Padgett & Brinkley |
| Buchanan L A 09 | 12-101-28245 | Active | Oil | Smith, Wayne Operating Co., Inc. |
| Buchanan L A 011 | 12-101-28412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, Wayne Operating Co., Inc. |
| Christy G 5 | 12-101-06420 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brinkley, Harold W. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.