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API 12-193-02629OrphanedOil well

Bisch 4

Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Vanderbark

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

Jul 27, 1959

Plug date

Total depth

3,180 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-193-02629
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
White
Coordinates
38.21305, -88.03942
State record #
121930262901

Operator

Vanderbark

Wells operated
2
Active
0
States
IL

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Carl & Laura BarrettIN:110511Plugged & abandonedOther type
Veronica WadeIN:110562Plugged & abandonedOther type
Greg Kempf 6-WI12-193-29010Plugged & abandonedInjectionViking Oil Company
Arthur Rutledge & Herman Wade et alIN:110565Plugged & abandonedOther type
C. A. BarrettIN:109907Plugged & abandonedOther type
New Harmony Realty CorporationIN:110576Plugged & abandonedOther type

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.