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API 12-191-00488OrphanedOil well

Fuhrer, Fred Tract 17 7

Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Texaco

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

Plug date

Total depth

3,189 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-00488
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.40043, -88.54642
State record #
121910048802

Operator

Texaco

Wells operated
10,522
Active
267
States
AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
As filed
Texaco, Inc.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Talbert 73-912-191-30572Plugged & abandonedOther typeStates Exploration, Inc.
Boswell, S. S. 112-191-07255Plugged & abandonedOther typeTexas Co., The
Skillet Fork Farms 112-191-32384Plugged & abandonedOther typePioneer Oil Co., Inc.
Porter 212-191-04348Plugged & abandonedOilPawnee Oil & Gas, Inc.
Gammon, Jerald 112-191-29618ActiveOilGuilliams, E. S.
Barnett, Florida 112-191-03419Plugged & abandonedOther typeNew Illinois Midcontinent

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