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API 12-191-29123OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Runyon Oil Exploration

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

Sep 15, 1978

Plug date

Total depth

3,485 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-191-29123
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Wayne
Coordinates
38.30635, -88.24704
State record #
121912912300

Operator

Runyon Oil Exploration

Wells operated
54
Active
16
States
IL

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Brown C B-112-193-03991Plugged & abandonedOther typeSun Oil Company
Brown, Clarence 112-193-02179Plugged & abandonedOilCoy Oil
Barbre J 112-193-28912Plugged & abandonedOilBeeler, Mike Oil Co.
Stone John 112-193-04069OrphanedOilSkelly Oil Company
E Centerville Unit D10W12-193-07355Plugged & abandonedInjectionGulf Oil Corporation
Barbre, Martin 112-193-32262Plugged & abandonedOther typeRepublic Oil Company, Inc.

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