API 12-149-00067OrphanedGas well
Walmsley, Virgil 1
Gas well in Pike County, Illinois · operated by Western Oil & Gas
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
Feb 1, 1957
Plug date
—
Total depth
485 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-149-00067
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- County
- Pike
- Coordinates
- 39.76418, -90.88649
- State record #
- 121490006700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 24
- Active
- 2
- States
- AR, IL, KY
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McSorley, Mary | 12-149-00299 | Active | Gas | Clark A J |
| McSorley, John 3 | 12-149-00298 | Active | Gas | Pike Cnty Oil Assoc |
| Schnepf 1 | 12-149-20877 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shaw, Gilbert |
| Davis 1 | 12-149-20830 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | South Comstock Corp. |
| Troy, A.A. | 12-149-00339 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Irick, Andrew | 12-149-00296 | Active | Oil | No Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.