API 12-189-00065OrphanedOil well
Buhl Chas 1
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
Jun 1, 1940
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,538 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-189-00065
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Washington
- Coordinates
- 38.41987, -89.17660
- State record #
- 121890006500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Szatkowski, Alex 1 | 12-189-02740 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smalley, Peter |
| Rosanki Frank 1 | 12-189-01286 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reeves, E.C. Estate of |
| Winesburgh | 12-081-00218 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ruwaldt, E. J.-Bayer, Kenneth M. |
| Eubank, Jesse 2 | 12-081-00341 | Active | Injection | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Winesburgh 7 | 12-081-02629 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Self, Eddie M. |
| Winesburgh 6 | 12-081-02164 | Active | Oil | Self, Eddie M. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.