API 12-185-00600OrphanedOil well
Baumgart L G 1
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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
Feb 1, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,393 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-00600
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.50260, -87.76997
- State record #
- 121850060000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service of Indiana | IN:150256 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Glick, W.A. 1 | 12-185-05055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mt Carmel Oil |
| Lafferty-Hershey Community | IN:128743 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Seiler 1 | 12-185-00988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Partee & Slagter |
| Maud Unit 6 | 12-185-04461 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Continental Oil Company |
| Seiler, E. E. 7 | 12-185-01452 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.