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API 12-191-00293OrphanedOil well

Blackburn L A B-1

Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Pure Oil

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

Sep 1, 1942

Plug date

Total depth

3,105 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-00293
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.46672, -88.27978
State record #
121910029300

Operator

Pure Oil

Wells operated
2,920
Active
231
States
AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
Pure Oil Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Klemick S 212-191-30612ActiveOilRunyon Oil Exploration
Mann Arvel 112-191-07091Plugged & abandonedOther typeCarter Oil Co., The
Duke 312-191-03663Plugged & abandonedInjectionRunyon Oil Exploration
Noah Duke 112-191-28703ActiveOilRunyon Oil Exploration
Erma Winter 212-191-28694ActiveOilRunyon, Berlin C.
Winter Orien B 312-191-01877Plugged & abandonedOilIndiana Farm Bureau Coop. Assoc.

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