API 12-163-25233OrphanedOil well
Black Horse Ranch 1
Oil well in St. Clair County, Illinois · operated by Southern Il Explor
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
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
746 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-163-25233
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- St. Clair
- Coordinates
- 38.48033, -90.19270
- State record #
- 121632523300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Southern IL Explor.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlm-1 | 12-133-23448 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Dannehold 2 | 12-133-20895 | Orphaned | Oil | Southern IL Exploration Company |
| Dannehold 1 | 12-133-20872 | Orphaned | Other type | White, W. Carl |
| Mehmann, Robert W. | 12-133-20152 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Schroeder 1 | 12-133-00242 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crittendon, Etal |
| Stumpf, Bernhardt A-13 | 12-133-00243 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Missippi River Fuel Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.