API 12-185-26722OrphanedOil well
Biehl, Roy 3
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Van Fossan 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 16, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,394 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-26722
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.52498, -87.90957
- State record #
- 121852672200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 277
- Active
- 33
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Van Fossan Oil Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Unit-Berberic 2 | 12-185-05874 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Gallatin Anna 1 | 12-185-01936 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Paco Petroleum Corp. |
| Spickerman Bernard 7 | 12-185-04355 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | George & Wrather Oil |
| Steckler, Edward P. 2 | 12-185-04350 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gilliam Drilling Company |
| Leipold G C 1 | 12-185-01626 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rossi, Paul |
| Risley et al Unit 1 | 12-185-26896 | Active | Oil | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.