API 12-185-27064OrphanedOil well
Wilcox Et Al Unit 1
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Viking 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
Sep 14, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,665 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-27064
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.44605, -87.82323
- State record #
- 121852706400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 181
- Active
- 28
- States
- CA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, UT
- As filed
- Viking Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well IN:166928 | IN:166928 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Bunting, Betty Jo 5 WI | 12-185-26061 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Higgins, Gilbert A. |
| Collins Unit 1-Wi | 12-185-25980 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Olds Oil & Chemical Corporation |
| Hocking, Keith 7 | 12-185-29401 | Other status | Other type | R & S Operating, LLC |
| Mary M.Moss | IN:152165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wabash Mine T2-548 | 12-185-28835 | Other status | Other type | Amax Coal Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.