API 12-101-07837OrphanedOil well
Gillespie, Wm. 5
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
Jan 1, 1912
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,902 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-07837
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.61665, -87.72081
- State record #
- 121010783700
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Eldon 1 | 12-185-26568 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Small & Higgins, Inc. |
| Guisewite-Dunkel 1 | 12-185-26324 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Oil Company |
| Wood, Clifton 9 | 12-185-01326 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Engle, George S. |
| United States Department of the Interior | IN:121646 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frick 1 | 12-185-03686 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Foreman & Miller |
| James Yochum | IN:121643 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.