API 12-159-02596OrphanedOil well
Jorgenson M A-4
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
Sep 1, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,640 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-02596
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.76838, -88.18153
- State record #
- 121590259600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. S. Oil 1 | 12-025-28392 | Active | Oil | U. S. Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Lomas, L. W. 1 | 12-159-00537 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brinkley, Herman E. |
| Berry B 1 | 12-159-24506 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wattleworth & Bunn |
| Smith "B" IR-10 | 12-025-28534 | Active | Oil | Western Oil & Gas Dev. Co. |
| Ring, E F 2 | 12-159-00623 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mammoth Producing & Refining Corp. |
| Ring E "B" 1 | 12-159-02609 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ring Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.