API 12-191-05848OrphanedOil well
Talbert B 4
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by The Texas
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
Feb 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,186 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-05848
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.40698, -88.54622
- State record #
- 121910584800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,399
- Active
- 250
- States
- AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
- As filed
- The Texas Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick 2 | 12-191-29411 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Comanche Oil Corporation |
| Farmland (SWD) 27-1 | 12-191-30570 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wilbanks Exploration, Inc. |
| Twist 4C | 12-191-07271 | Orphaned | Oil | Rock Hill & Pure Oil |
| Twist "C" (Tr. 18) North Aden Unit 3 | 12-191-07270 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Texas Company |
| Twist, Tract 18 2C | 12-191-07264 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Twist Tr 18 1C | 12-191-00254 | Orphaned | Oil | Rock Hill & Pure Oil |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.