API 12-101-29271OrphanedOil well
Gillespie, W B * 30
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
Mar 7, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,722 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-29271
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.69231, -87.71387
- State record #
- 121012927100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Vieck | IN:150031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hershey 7-A | 12-101-02385 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Joe Simpkins Oil Developments |
| Blair Comm 1 | 12-101-07392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bledsoe, John Jr. |
| Spidel et al Comm. 2 | 12-101-31580 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rothrock, Edward E. |
| Blair Emma 3 | 12-101-03331 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Robb C F |
| Walker et al Comm. 2 | 12-101-31573 | Active | Oil | Rothrock, Edward E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.