API 12-191-31635OrphanedOil well
Vaughn R S 2
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Fairfield 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
Sep 30, 1986
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,351 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-31635
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.30835, -88.25165
- State record #
- 121913163500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 30
- Active
- 9
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Fairfield Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quindry A-1 | 12-193-29004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Staley-Brown 1 | 12-193-29224 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
| Fairway 2 | 12-193-28892 | Active | Oil | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
| Kiefer 1 | 12-193-28861 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
| East Centerville Unit C-4 | 12-193-32214 | Other status | Other type | Brookston Resources, Inc. |
| Jones - Baird Unit 2-4W | 12-193-04041 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gulf Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.