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API 12-191-04840OrphanedOil well

McCracken, J. A. 3-A

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

Jul 29, 1961

Plug date

Total depth

3,115 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-04840
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.55617, -88.32315
State record #
121910484001

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

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Gray, O.H. 5-D12-191-03033Plugged & abandonedInjectionPodolsky, Bernard
McDaniel F H 112-191-00750Plugged & abandonedOther typeMohawk Drilling Co
Marshall 412-191-06275Plugged & abandonedOilBander, Joe
Marshall C T 212-191-01221Plugged & abandonedOilToler, W. W. Drlg. Corp.
Marshall 1012-191-06281Plugged & abandonedOilBander, Joe
Courtright W E 312-191-03336Plugged & abandonedOilSlape, Don Drilling Company

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