API 12-189-00062OrphanedOil well
Buhl Chas 3
Oil well in Washington County, Illinois · operated by Gulf Refining
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 1, 1940
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,554 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-189-00062
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Washington
- Coordinates
- 38.41792, -89.17425
- State record #
- 121890006200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,063
- Active
- 130
- States
- AL, AR, IL, KY, MI, MS
- As filed
- Gulf Refining Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill, Carl 1 | 12-189-23386 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newcomb, Cecil W. |
| Eubank, Anna 1 | 12-081-23721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farm Feeds Const., Inc. |
| Piper 11 | 12-081-02235 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nation Oil Company, The |
| Hoppa, Theresa 11 | 12-081-02250 | Active | Oil | W. C. McBride, Inc. |
| Eubanks, J. 5 | 12-081-02244 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McBride, W. C. Inc. |
| Piper 12 | 12-081-02236 | Orphaned | Oil | Nation Oil Company, The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.