API 12-191-28952OrphanedOil well
Bass, Dewey 1-A
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Farrar Fletcher F
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
Jul 29, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,800 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-28952
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.43972, -88.50237
- State record #
- 121912895200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 178
- Active
- 24
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Farrar, Fletcher F.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Land Dev 1 | 12-191-30231 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | G & L Oil Production |
| Pokolsky Naomi L 1 | 12-191-04227 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Zicos, George |
| Gen Am Life Ins 1 | 12-191-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rennick B Coleman |
| Sherwood Land Co. 1 | 12-191-28951 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| Green, M. 2 | 12-191-30738 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jenkins, Gordon T. |
| Lawrence W L 1-A | 12-191-03594 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Skiles Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.