API 12-191-32859OrphanedOil well
Van Fosson 50
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Hughes Energy
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
Nov 2, 2005
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,855 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-32859
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.52046, -88.29850
- State record #
- 121913285900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 19
- Active
- 8
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hughes Energy, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liston 1 | 12-191-01340 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Merritt C A 2 | 12-191-05921 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | MacDonell Co. of Lima |
| Merritt WS1 | 12-191-07401 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Podolsky, Bernard |
| Merritt 3 | 12-191-06031 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Podolsky, Bernard |
| Tullis 2 | 12-191-31208 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Oil Producers |
| Tullis, D. 1 | 12-191-31198 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Oil Producers |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.