Who operates Towns, O. A. 1A?

No operator of record is listed for Towns, O. A. 1A (API 12-191-00081) — it is a documented orphaned well with no solvent operator.

Is Towns, O. A. 1A plugged or still active?

Towns, O. A. 1A is a documented ORPHANED well — unplugged with no solvent operator of record.

Where is Towns, O. A. 1A located?

Towns, O. A. 1A is in Wayne County, Illinois at 38.49887, -88.40848.

API 12-191-00081OrphanedInjection well

Towns, O. A. 1A

Injection well in Wayne 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

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Drilling began

Completion

Apr 17, 1965

Plug date

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Total depth

3,100 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #: 12-191-00081
Status: Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type: Injection(INJW)
County: Wayne
Coordinates: 38.49887, -88.40848
State record #: 121910008102

Operator

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

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Weinert-McPherson 8	12-191-06762	Orphaned	Injection	Weinert, H.H., Estate
McPherson 10	12-191-04218	Orphaned	Oil	Weinert, H. H. Estate
McPherson Lydia 9	12-191-03905	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Weinert, H.H., Estate
Brock A M Est 1C	12-191-00175	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	D P Oil Co
Brock Allie M 2	12-191-06764	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Weinert, H.H., Estate
Bright Carroll 2-A	12-191-03504	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Central Drlg Co

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.