API 12-185-26849OrphanedOil well
Jones 9
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Buchanan Art
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
Jul 31, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,850 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-26849
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.54720, -87.90517
- State record #
- 121852684900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 64
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Buchanan, Art
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steckler et al 1 | 12-185-28404 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rothrock, Edward E. |
| Townsend Comm 1 | 12-185-05179 | Active | Injection | Central Drlg Co |
| Watkins Esther 1 | 12-185-27009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Small & Higgins, Inc. |
| Townsend Ben H Comm 1-A | 12-185-05671 | Active | Oil | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Alka E E 1 | 12-185-02000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
| Bradshaw J B 1 | 12-185-02003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.