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API 12-193-30377OrphanedOil well

Potter 5-B

Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Jenkins Gordon T

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 5, 1984

Plug date

Total depth

4,100 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-193-30377
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
White
Coordinates
38.21850, -88.02753
State record #
121933037700

Operator

Jenkins Gordon T

Wells operated
81
Active
8
States
IL
As filed
Jenkins, Gordon T.

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