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API 12-165-02652OrphanedOil well

Butler 2

Oil well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Roberts Jm

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

Apr 26, 1955

Plug date

Total depth

2,248 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-165-02652
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Saline
Coordinates
37.82056, -88.46014
State record #
121650265200

Operator

Roberts Jm

Wells operated
10
Active
2
States
IL
As filed
Roberts J M

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Well 12-165-0103412-165-01034Other statusOther typeHarrisburg Coal Ming
Well 12-165-0102212-165-01022Other statusOther typeHarrisburg Coal Ming
A Berkel 112-165-02559Plugged & abandonedOther typeGrady Donald S
South Ill Stone 412-059-03329Other statusOther typeCrocker Drlg
Taylor 612-165-03337Other statusOther typeAlco Oil & Gas Corp.
Hall, V.E. etal 112-165-03006Plugged & abandonedOilVanBuskirk, James R.

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