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API 12-189-00352OrphanedOil well

Stanton, A.C. 8

Oil well in Washington County, Illinois

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

Jan 22, 1956

Plug date

Total depth

1,569 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-189-00352
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Washington
Coordinates
38.41252, -89.17668
State record #
121890035201

Operator

No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Lamczyk 112-189-02583Plugged & abandonedOther typeMonken, Leland
Riddle etal 112-081-24694Plugged & abandonedOther typeSherman, Clarence
Lamczyk, Andrew 112-189-24276Plugged & abandonedOther typeBoester, Alfred
Schmidt, J. 212-081-00517Plugged & abandonedOilThe Texas Company
Hoppa, Theresa 712-081-02247ActiveOilMcBride, W. C. Inc.
Schmidt - Kaminski Community O/A 412-081-02240Plugged & abandonedOilTexaco, Inc.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.