API 12-191-06584OrphanedOil well
Whitaker 2
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Misener Wayne Drlg
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
Dec 1, 1953
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,164 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-06584
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.39817, -88.29653
- State record #
- 121910658400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 56
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Misener, Wayne Drlg.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French H G 1 | 12-191-03835 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| French 1 | 12-191-29899 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fulk, Perry |
| French H G 2 | 12-191-30486 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Absher Oil Co. |
| Simpson 1-B | 12-191-31374 | Orphaned | Other type | JPT Petroleum Production Corp. |
| Simpson 1 | 12-191-29950 | Orphaned | Other type | Jones, Ivan R. |
| Lix 1 | 12-191-00673 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.