API 12-189-00569OrphanedOil well
Buhl, Charles 6
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
Nov 1, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,186 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-189-00569
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Washington
- Coordinates
- 38.41887, -89.17427
- State record #
- 121890056900
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Piper, C.A. 1 | 12-081-00494 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Nation Oil Company, The |
| Eubank-Winesburgh Unit 3 | 12-081-02226 | Active | Oil | — |
| Hoppa, Theresa 01 | 12-081-02246 | Active | Oil | McBride, W. C. Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.