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API 12-101-04096OrphanedInjection well

Welsh-Orr Berkshire 1

Injection well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Shakespeare 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

Jul 8, 1958

Plug date

Total depth

1,976 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-101-04096
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Injection(INJW)
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.66576, -87.78178
State record #
121010409601

Operator

Shakespeare Oil

Wells operated
950
Active
362
States
CO, IL, KS, KY, MI, MT, ND, OH
As filed
Shakespeare Oil Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Jones Charles Etal 112-185-05422Plugged & abandonedOther typeHiggins Oil Co.
Stevens Clayton 112-185-03348Plugged & abandonedOther typeGopher Drilling Corp
Hosmere12-185-03304Other statusOther typeYoung & Others
Sharp William 112-185-03327Plugged & abandonedOther typeSnowden & McSweeney
Leek F M 312-185-05634Other statusOther typeClark & Olendorf
Kogan 312-185-03129ActiveOilMahue & Blosser

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.