API 12-101-28760OrphanedOil well
King William R 16
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
Apr 21, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,767 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-28760
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.71518, -87.78615
- State record #
- 121012876000
Operator
- 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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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hovermale J 4 | 12-101-03295 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bauer, Joseph E. |
| Hovermale J 1 | 12-101-03293 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bauer, Joseph E. |
| Schrader Grace 1 | 12-101-06641 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Black & Black Oil Co. |
| Couch Raymond 1 | 12-101-00357 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Higgins, C. S. |
| Woodruff George 1 | 12-101-29138 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham, Donald L. |
| Holsen 1 | 12-101-07371 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | ELCO Oil, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.