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
- Wells operated
- 276
- Active
- 27
- States
- AR, IL, KY
- As filed
- Black & Black Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Gilbert 1 | 12-185-02724 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter, J.S. |
| Pierson, Marguerite 1 | 12-185-05838 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schofield, John Energy Co. |
| Reisinger, R. J. 3 | 12-047-22436 | Other status | Other type | Pessina, Louis A. |
| Mewes 1 | 12-047-22312 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frassato, F. E. |
| R J Reisinger 2 | 12-047-22426 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pessina, Louis A. |
| Hering - Glover etal 2 | 12-047-23485 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrell, William |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.