API 12-109-21911OrphanedOil well
Wear, A. C. 12
Oil well in McDONOUGH County, Illinois · operated by Bi Petro
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
Oct 1, 1914
Plug date
—
Total depth
500 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-109-21911
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- McDONOUGH
- Coordinates
- 40.34570, -90.83785
- State record #
- 121092191101
Operator
- Wells operated
- 588
- Active
- 130
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Bi-Petro, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassham 4 | 12-169-20709 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Precision Oil Production |
| Blackburn, Reatha 2 | 12-169-20704 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jasper Oil Company |
| Blackburn, Reatha 1 | 12-169-20703 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jasper Oil Company |
| Foster, Agnes 1 | 12-169-00184 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gerson A W |
| Swearingen 1 | 12-169-20639 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro-Mining Resources, |
| Peterson 2 | 12-169-20616 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Gas & Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.