API 12-121-00429OrphanedOil well
Fyke, W. D. 1
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Texaco
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
Jan 1, 1938
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,880 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-00429
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.53817, -88.99880
- State record #
- 121210042900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10,522
- Active
- 267
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
- As filed
- Texaco, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitson 1 | 12-081-00878 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strickland, Frank L. |
| Hagen, Adele 1 | 12-081-01377 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Lorch 1 | 12-081-01989 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Marlow 1 | 12-081-23699 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Heil, Fred |
| Sargent 1 | 12-081-00271 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minerva Oil Co. |
| Boone 1 | 12-081-23711 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oelze, Elmer Jr. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.