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API 12-191-04526OrphanedOil well

Watson-Bratton 1

Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Illinois Mid Continent

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

Oct 10, 1941

Plug date

Total depth

3,154 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-04526
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.48850, -88.49703
State record #
121910452600

Operator

Illinois Mid Continent

Wells operated
245
Active
31
States
IL, KY
As filed
Illinois Mid-Continent Co.

Location & nearby wells

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This entry + 8 nearby

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Smith James M 112-191-00686Plugged & abandonedOther typeAshland Oil & Refining Company
Vada Bunting 412-191-29177Plugged & abandonedOther typeVan Fossan Oil Corp.
Bunting-A 112-191-07526Plugged & abandonedOther typeVan Fossan Oil Corp.
Leininger C-112-191-01505Plugged & abandonedInjectionWeinert, H.H., Estate
Leininger 112-191-29107Plugged & abandonedOilFriend, Jerry E.
Windland Cons. 112-191-32383Plugged & abandonedOther typeParrish Oil Prod., Inc.

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