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
- Wells operated
- 81
- Active
- 8
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Jenkins, Gordon T.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribeyre | IN:167947 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Ribeyre NHR WI | IN:168159 | Active | Other type | — |
| New Harmony Realty Corp. | IN:110581 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Chilton Etal - Demier | IN:153666 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ford C W 1 | 12-193-01112 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Kempf, Greg 2-WI | 12-193-28669 | Active | Injection | Viking Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.