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
- Wells operated
- 48
- Active
- 13
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bizot, J. C. B-5 | 12-081-01786 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Baldridge, N. A. Drlg. |
| Miller L D 6 | 12-081-00997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dare, Leo |
| McCoy, William H. 1 | 12-081-23800 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter, Glendell |
| Beal, Clyde 1-SWD | 12-081-02721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Wilson, Claude 2-SWD | 12-081-23708 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gentles Drilling Co. |
| Wilson Claude 2-B | 12-081-23831 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gentles, Albert |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.