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API 12-159-03372OrphanedOil well

Boley-Gayer Comm. 1

Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Great Southwest 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

Sep 23, 1982

Plug date

Total depth

3,280 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-159-03372
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Richland
Coordinates
38.66880, -87.99983
State record #
121590337201

Operator

Great Southwest Oil&gas

Wells operated
9
Active
4
States
IL
As filed
Great Southwest Oil&Gas

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Hopper, Arthur 112-047-00986Plugged & abandonedOther typeRunyon, Floyd L.
Pixley etal Unit 112-185-05104Plugged & abandonedOther typeViking Oil Company
Marx 112-185-01475Plugged & abandonedOther typePhillips Petroleum, Co.
Fite Walter 112-185-01329Plugged & abandonedOther typePuritan Drilling Company
Krumm K 212-185-27071Plugged & abandonedOther typeFriend Energy Corp.
Jones Bob 312-185-26846Plugged & abandonedOther typeBeard, Francis L.

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