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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

Modern Explorations

Wells operated
96
Active
26
States
IL

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Lyons R Tr 13 512-191-06806OrphanedOilThe Texas Company
Lyons R 212-191-06804OrphanedOilThe Texas Company
Boggs-Johns 112-191-04381Plugged & abandonedOther typeHirsch Jack
Twist Tr 11 4A12-191-06808OrphanedOilRock Hill & Pure Oil
Boggs C C 112-191-00676Plugged & abandonedOther typeGulf Refining Company
Thomason J & O 112-191-03902Plugged & abandonedOther typeSlagter, Arthur J., Jr.

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