API 12-191-31629OrphanedOil well
Rice 2
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Franklin Prod & Dev
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 21, 1986
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,256 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-31629
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.41116, -88.44778
- State record #
- 121913162900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 31
- Active
- 11
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Franklin Prod & Dev Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn H F Est 1 | 12-191-00675 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nation, Ben H. |
| Skillet Fork Farms 1-1 | 12-191-32508 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilbanks Exploration, Inc. |
| North Aden Unit A/O 5-B | 12-191-01653 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Woodham J C 2 | 12-191-00475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Twist "B" Tract 16 4 | 12-191-00253 | Orphaned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| *Williams, E. Service, Inc. 1-SWD | 12-191-30509 | Active | Injection | *Earl Williams Service, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.