API 12-101-27612OrphanedOil well
Gray-Piper Comm 640
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Smith Wayne Operating
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 1, 1974
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,727 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-27612
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.79898, -87.81075
- State record #
- 121012761200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 83
- Active
- 24
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Smith, Wayne Operating Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert, M. L. 21 | 12-101-31988 | Active | Oil | Podolsky, Bernard |
| Gould, R. 27 | 12-101-05831 | Orphaned | Other type | Ohio Oil Company |
| Seed, L. M. 6 | 12-101-09043 | Other status | Other type | Big 4 |
| Seed, Len 2 | 12-101-09038 | Other status | Other type | Big 4 |
| Gillespie, T. P. 11 | 12-101-02821 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chapman, G. O. |
| Simmons, G. 1 | 12-101-00392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sturm, A. & Sons |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.