API 12-121-01464OrphanedOil well
Wasem O-38
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Reward Oil Co Etal
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
Dec 4, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,439 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-01464
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.76065, -89.10398
- State record #
- 121210146400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young, Jesse 2 | 12-121-04989 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Holsapple & Pursley |
| Chance 3 | 12-121-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Holsapple & Pursley |
| Chance P 2 | 12-121-00508 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco, Inc. |
| Chance, P. 1 | 12-121-01045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Hurd 1 | 12-121-03148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fischer, J. O. & C. M. |
| Robinson J W 1 | 12-121-03157 | Shut-in | Other type | Smith & D R Buchanan |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.