API 12-191-29588OrphanedOil well
Chesney 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Cache River Oil
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
Apr 25, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,505 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-29588
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.48905, -88.66998
- State record #
- 121912958800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 20
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Cache River Oil Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepple etal 1 | 12-191-31917 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L & M Oil Company |
| Green, N. E. 2 | 12-081-00968 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Green, N. E. Unit 1 | 12-081-00989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco, Inc. |
| McDonald Foster 1 | 12-081-01313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robinson & Puckett, Inc. |
| Larson Community 1-SWD | 12-081-02461 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Steinman, David E. |
| Voyles, Arthur O. 2 | 12-081-22989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Evans, Charles T. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.