API 12-191-28907OrphanedOil well
Trotter 2
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Modern Explorations
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 20, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,229 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-28907
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.41735, -88.49841
- State record #
- 121912890700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 96
- Active
- 26
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons R Tr 13 5 | 12-191-06806 | Orphaned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Lyons R 2 | 12-191-06804 | Orphaned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Boggs-Johns 1 | 12-191-04381 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hirsch Jack |
| Twist Tr 11 4A | 12-191-06808 | Orphaned | Oil | Rock Hill & Pure Oil |
| Boggs C C 1 | 12-191-00676 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Company |
| Thomason J & O 1 | 12-191-03902 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter, Arthur J., Jr. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.