API 12-101-28964OrphanedOil well
King, W. R. 21
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
Aug 31, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,848 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-28964
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.70973, -87.78615
- State record #
- 121012896400
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leathers, C. H. 1 | 12-101-03072 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sunderland Dorothy L |
| Stellwell, Thos. 1 | 12-101-07868 | Other status | Other type | Titus & Co |
| Easterday Thomas 1 | 12-101-03271 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Padgett Ogle 1 | 12-101-00360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Young Joseph S |
| Wolfe John R 1 | 12-101-28410 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Donahue Oil Company |
| Wolf-Schonert 1 | 12-101-07246 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carr, Charles E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.