API 12-101-02302OrphanedOil well
Bowers & Ross 23
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Mcbride Wc
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, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,377 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-02302
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.75411, -87.77060
- State record #
- 121010230200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 559
- Active
- 119
- States
- IL, KY, MT
- As filed
- McBride, W. C. Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan, L. A. 43 | 12-101-07746 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Murphy 1 | 12-101-07208 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Associated Pet. Opers. |
| Jordan, John 3 | 12-101-01943 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rea, A. W. |
| Akin, Arthur 1 | 12-101-02761 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Little Egypt Oil Co |
| Buchanan 1 | 12-101-02286 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Brinkley, Harold W. |
| Buchanan Heirs 1 | 12-101-03019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ruppel Lawrence |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.