API 12-191-00110OrphanedOil well
Fuhrer Fred 3
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Bell Brothers
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, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,044 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-00110
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.39590, -88.54648
- State record #
- 121910011000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 203
- Active
- 22
- States
- IL, KS
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boggs, J.G. 5 | 12-191-07274 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Boggs, J.G. NCT-1 6 | 12-191-00257 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Lane-Morris 46x-9 | 12-191-30170 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | States Exploration, Inc. |
| Chambliss et al 1 | 12-191-31065 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | G & L Oil Production |
| Boggs J G 8 | 12-191-01657 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Stone, George 3 | 12-191-01655 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.