API 12-117-22694OrphanedOther type well
Grothaus 1
Other type well in Macoupin County, Illinois · operated by Best 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
Jun 21, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
497 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-117-22694
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Other type(TA)
- County
- Macoupin
- Coordinates
- 39.12706, -89.97381
- State record #
- 121172269400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 17
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- B.E.S.T. Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirschl, 1 | 12-117-00991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Livermore, H. E. |
| Hirschl 1 | 12-117-00928 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Insalaco Frank |
| Vaughn, 1 | 12-117-22573 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Curtis, Donald E. |
| Schmidt, Earl 2 | 12-117-00874 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waitukaitis, Joseph |
| Schull, Orville 1 | 12-117-00989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vesper William |
| Watts, Otis 1 | 12-117-00616 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wagstaff, Chester |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.