API 12-159-23888OrphanedOil well
Foss 2
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Podolsky Bernard
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 13, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,745 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-23888
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.71415, -88.23513
- State record #
- 121592388800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 271
- Active
- 115
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Podolsky, Bernard
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obrecht, Mayme 2 | 12-191-05496 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Obrecht 1-A | 12-191-32447 | Active | Oil | Sumner, Rick Oil Properties |
| Gill, Roy 1-A | 12-191-32515 | Active | Oil | Sumner, Rick Oil Properties |
| Gill Roy 1 | 12-191-03338 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lesh C. B. Drilling Company |
| Gill, Roy E. 5 | 12-191-31618 | Active | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Burgener Etal 1 | 12-191-30756 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rose, Hubert W. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.