API 12-159-23920OrphanedOil well
Murphy 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Barnett Donald E
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
Jun 1, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,981 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-23920
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.58600, -87.99583
- State record #
- 121592392000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 31
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Barnett, Donald E.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixley Ray 1-A | 12-185-02742 | Active | Oil | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| Pixley Ray 1 | 12-185-02704 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| Beard W B 1 | 12-185-01958 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wiser Oil Co., The |
| Fisher Nellie 1 | 12-185-00175 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Horton Wiggins Etal |
| Wade, John 4 | 12-047-23395 | Orphaned | Injection | Arrow Exploration Corp. |
| Reid, Lloyd etal 1 | 12-047-22581 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Terrell, William |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.