API 12-159-00948OrphanedOil well
Orr E A A-1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by 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
Dec 26, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,995 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-00948
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.63737, -88.28878
- State record #
- 121590094800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,920
- Active
- 231
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Pure Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yohe, Ralph etal "A" Lease 4 | 12-191-30341 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ernest Exploration, Inc. |
| Yohe Ralph 3 | 12-191-30368 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ernest Exploration, Inc. |
| Chapman Etal Unit 1 | 12-191-30423 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Friend Energy Corp. |
| Taylor, Glen 3 | 12-191-30363 | Orphaned | Injection | Amosoil, Inc. |
| Atteberry K 2 | 12-191-29532 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Booth Oil Co., Inc. |
| Lucas 1 | 12-191-04954 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lucas W D |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.