API 12-185-02470OrphanedOil well
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Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Wright 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
Oct 1, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,689 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-02470
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.46762, -87.85865
- State record #
- 121850247000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 18
- Active
- 3
- States
- AR, IL, KY, MI
- As filed
- Wright Oil Co
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton-Coffee Ceme 1 | 12-185-02142 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| Parr Henry M 1 | 12-185-04711 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fox, Frank G & Fox, W J |
| Lovellette 1-A | 12-185-02941 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bowers, Maurice W. |
| Compton Rolla 1 | 12-185-02766 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arvin Drilling |
| Raber, B. 1-WI | 12-185-02969 | Active | Injection | Keepes, Randy R. |
| Hocking 1 | 12-185-28642 | Active | Oil | West Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.