API 12-191-08255OrphanedOil well
Sims Unit Well Tr19 7
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
Jun 12, 1973
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,270 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-08255
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.39970, -88.55362
- State record #
- 121910825500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand C R 1 | 12-191-00657 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bell Brothers |
| Shaheen Unit 1 | 12-191-31613 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro Union, Inc. |
| Talbert 73-9 | 12-191-30572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | States Exploration, Inc. |
| Boswell, S. S. 1 | 12-191-07255 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Co., The |
| Skillet Fork Farms 1 | 12-191-32384 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pioneer Oil Co., Inc. |
| Porter 2 | 12-191-04348 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pawnee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.