API 12-191-30186OrphanedOil well
Vaughan, R. 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Podolsky Bernard
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
Aug 7, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,086 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-30186
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.32328, -88.32270
- State record #
- 121913018600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 271
- Active
- 115
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Podolsky, Bernard
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbre, Martin et al 6 | 12-193-30379 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | IL Mid-Continent/Dee Drlg |
| Carter James 1 | 12-193-30405 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O.M.M. Oil Producers, Inc. |
| Whetstone Steve 1 | 12-193-30030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morris, Eugene E. |
| Meritt Edgar 1 | 12-193-03140 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Beebe, C. C. |
| Taylor etal 1 | 12-193-30778 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughan, N.J. |
| Gray, B. R. Trustee 1 | 12-065-01843 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Sohio Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.