API 12-101-28812OrphanedOil well
Wiswall Edwin 17
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 1, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,730 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-28812
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.79140, -87.78960
- State record #
- 121012881200
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillespie, E. K. 2 | 12-101-09352 | Other status | Other type | Loeb, Herman L. |
| England, James 1 | 12-101-27787 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Puntney Engineering Inc. |
| Longan, M. 1 | 12-101-09398 | Active | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Buchanan 'D' 1-27 | 12-101-32315 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Loeb, Herman L. LLC |
| Buchanan, Warren 2 | 12-101-28335 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carr, Charles E. |
| Gillespie, J. 1 | 12-101-09389 | Shut-in | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.