API 12-159-01964OrphanedOil well
Veit Dessie B 3
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois
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
Nov 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,619 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-01964
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.76193, -88.18373
- State record #
- 121590196400
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fryman H 1 | 12-159-00944 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sanders-Fye Drilling Co. |
| Fryman H 1 | 12-159-02778 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Central Drlg Co |
| Guyot Cons.-Grubb, M. M. 2 | 12-159-00182 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
| Grubb, M. M. 2B | 12-159-26161 | Active | Oil | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Guyot Cons. - Grubb, M. M. 1 | 12-159-00181 | Orphaned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Taylor-Moseley Cons. 1 | 12-025-00104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.