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API 12-193-06974OrphanedOil well

Bayley L S 4

Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Eastern Petroleum

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

Apr 1, 1954

Plug date

Total depth

2,945 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-193-06974
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
White
Coordinates
37.92355, -88.18476
State record #
121930697400

Operator

Eastern Petroleum

Wells operated
313
Active
10
States
CO, IL, KS, KY, MI, OH, OK, WY
As filed
Eastern Petroleum Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Leach, Evelyn E. 112-059-02821OrphanedOther typeTaurus Petroleum, Inc.
Pielemier 312-059-02826OrphanedOilHolsapple & Pursley
Pielemeier etal 112-059-02024OrphanedOther typeTaurus Petroleum, Inc.
Lewis Mabel 712-059-01981Plugged & abandonedOilEastern Petroleum Company
Pielemeier G A 412-059-01015Plugged & abandonedOther typeCarter Oil Co.
Kirkpatrick 112-059-02825Plugged & abandonedOther typeHolsapple & Pursley

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