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API 12-159-25078OrphanedOil well

Walden Heirs 1

Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Black & Black 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

May 23, 1987

Plug date

Total depth

3,025 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-159-25078
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Richland
Coordinates
38.59162, -88.00267
State record #
121592507800

Operator

Black & Black Oil

Wells operated
276
Active
27
States
AR, IL, KY
As filed
Black & Black Oil Co.

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Woods Gilbert 112-185-02724Plugged & abandonedOther typeCarter, J.S.
Pierson, Marguerite 112-185-05838Plugged & abandonedOther typeSchofield, John Energy Co.
Reisinger, R. J. 312-047-22436Other statusOther typePessina, Louis A.
Mewes 112-047-22312Plugged & abandonedOther typeFrassato, F. E.
R J Reisinger 212-047-22426Plugged & abandonedOther typePessina, Louis A.
Hering - Glover etal 212-047-23485Plugged & abandonedOther typeTerrell, William

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