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API 12-165-03167OrphanedOil well

Griffin, John etal 1

Oil well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Rk Petroleum

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 1, 1958

Plug date

Total depth

2,882 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-165-03167
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Saline
Coordinates
37.80615, -88.55918
State record #
121650316700

Operator

Rk Petroleum

Wells operated
520
Active
39
States
IL, KY, MI, MT
As filed
R. K. Petroleum Corp.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Gersbacher, Ella 212-165-03842Plugged & abandonedOther typeShawnee Petro. Assoc.
Gershbacher, Ella 112-165-03706Plugged & abandonedOilShawnee Petroleum Association, Inc.
McFarland, J. B. 112-165-02647Plugged & abandonedOther typePledger, Roy
Fox12-165-26848Other statusOther typeIllinois State Geological Survey
Gray 1-34-H12-165-26814Shut-inOther typeBravo Natural Gas, LLC
Nyberg 112-165-00675Other statusOther typeHarrisburg Oil & Gas

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