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API 12-101-05718OrphanedOil well

King Perry 138

Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Marathon 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

Dec 1, 1962

Plug date

Total depth

1,688 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-101-05718
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.76115, -87.80037
State record #
121010571800

Operator

Marathon Oil

Wells operated
8,999
Active
2,695
States
AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WV, WY
As filed
Marathon Oil Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Buchanan L A 812-101-27955Plugged & abandonedOilOhio Oil Co., The
Vandermark E K 1112-101-03142Plugged & abandonedOilLantz
Lingenfelter, J. E. 1612-101-07697ActiveOilKewanee & Hubbard
Lingenfelter, J. E. 1212-101-07693Other statusOther typeKewanee & Hubbard
Kerr J B 2312-101-06927Plugged & abandonedOilMarathon Oil Company
Lingenfelter 712-101-07690Other statusOther typeWark Oil Company

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