API 12-191-03878OrphanedOil well
Buchanan "B" Lse 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Legion Energy
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
Jun 23, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,300 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-03878
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.37123, -88.33370
- State record #
- 121910387801
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 1
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Legion Energy Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smothers 1-A | 12-193-30402 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gunner Energy Corp. |
| Rainwater Unit 3 | 12-193-29494 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mid-America Petroleum Corp. |
| Tillis, Walter 1 | 12-193-00939 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherman Harry |
| Black 1 | 12-193-29769 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mid-America Petroleum Corp. |
| Black 53-21 | 12-193-03217 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Black Hawk Resources Corporation |
| Morrison, C. 1 | 12-193-30846 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ram Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.