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API 12-167-25644OrphanedOil well

Langley 1-A

Oil well in Sangamon County, Illinois · operated by Dwight Beckham 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

Mar 25, 1996

Plug date

Total depth

1,785 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-167-25644
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Sangamon
Coordinates
39.77744, -89.41694
State record #
121672564400

Operator

Dwight Beckham Oil

Wells operated
17
Active
0
States
IL
As filed
Dwight Beckham Oil Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Rink, Marie 112-021-01434Plugged & abandonedOther typeCarter Oil Co., The
Denkert, Carl 1-A12-021-01416ActiveOilValter, Arnold
Driskell, Simpson 212-021-01425ActiveOilValter, Arnold
Driskell, S. 712-021-00515Plugged & abandonedOilV. S. & S. Drilling Company, Inc.
Driskell, Simpson 3-W12-021-01426Plugged & abandonedInjectionV. S. & S. Drilling Co.
Smith, Rainer 212-021-02277Plugged & abandonedOther typeCenturian Oil, Inc.

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