API 12-185-26079OrphanedOil well
Parmenter 4
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Higgins Gilbert A
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 3, 1975
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,618 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-26079
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.30021, -87.90475
- State record #
- 121852607900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 132
- Active
- 29
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Higgins, Gilbert A.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boultinghouse 2 | 12-193-04455 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Calvin Oil Co. |
| Boultinghouse 7-A | 12-193-32017 | Orphaned | Oil | Cantrell, James R. |
| Smith Jessie 4 | 12-193-04445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mabee Oil & Gas Company |
| Smith, Jessie 3 | 12-193-31932 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mabee Oil & Gas Company |
| Smith, P. L. 1 | 12-193-03198 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvin Oil Co. |
| Boultinghouse 1-C | 12-193-04403 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Simpkins, Joe |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.