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API 12-149-00023OrphanedGas well

Waters, Russel 1

Gas well in Pike County, Illinois · operated by Western 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

Mar 1, 1956

Plug date

Total depth

477 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-149-00023
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Gas(GAS)
County
Pike
Coordinates
39.77823, -90.90050
State record #
121490002300

Operator

Western Oil

Wells operated
34
Active
0
States
IL, MT, OK
As filed
Western Oil Co

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Irick, Andrew12-149-00296ActiveOilNo Company
Irick, Wm.12-149-00338ActiveGasAlco Oil & Gas Corp.
Browning 112-149-20829Other statusOther typeSouth Comstock Corp.
Croxville, Mr. W.12-149-00336ActiveGasMink Jerry
Carney, J.12-149-00340ActiveGasMink Jerry
Hyk 112-149-00148Plugged & abandonedOther typeHickey, H. J.

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