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API 12-121-02652OrphanedOil well

Foster 8

Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Rock Hill & Pure 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

Jan 1, 1938

Plug date

Total depth

1,915 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-121-02652
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Marion
Coordinates
38.53393, -89.02030
State record #
121210265200

Operator

Rock Hill & Pure Oil

Wells operated
48
Active
13
States
IL

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Bizot, J. C. B-512-081-01786Plugged & abandonedOilBaldridge, N. A. Drlg.
Miller L D 612-081-00997Plugged & abandonedOther typeDare, Leo
McCoy, William H. 112-081-23800Plugged & abandonedOther typeCarter, Glendell
Beal, Clyde 1-SWD12-081-02721Plugged & abandonedOther typeNational Associated Petroleum Co.
Wilson, Claude 2-SWD12-081-23708Plugged & abandonedInjectionGentles Drilling Co.
Wilson Claude 2-B12-081-23831Plugged & abandonedOther typeGentles, Albert

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.