API 12-163-01532OrphanedOil well
Tarlton 6
Oil well in St. Clair County, Illinois · operated by Tarlton 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 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
730 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-163-01532
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- St. Clair
- Coordinates
- 38.50078, -90.20339
- State record #
- 121630153200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 16
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Tarlton Oil Co
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ries, Marvin 3 | 12-133-21079 | Active | Oil | Sandrock Company |
| Oehler, Rudolph A-10 | 12-133-00231 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Missippi River Fuel Corp. |
| Vogt, William 1 | 12-133-00238 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bingham,Trowbridge&Thms. |
| Kolmer, Earl 2 | 12-133-20850 | Other status | Other type | Marble Rock Co. & Vey-Ni |
| Acker, Phillip 2 | 12-133-00226 | Active | Oil | Kaskasia Oil Co |
| Ries, Marvin V. 6 | 12-133-21198 | Shut-in | Other type | River King Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.