API 12-193-30399OrphanedOil well
West, Steve 1
Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Van Fossan Oil
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
Feb 20, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,400 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-193-30399
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- White
- Coordinates
- 37.93543, -88.33468
- State record #
- 121933039900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 277
- Active
- 33
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Van Fossan Oil Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle, Warren D. 1 | 12-059-23783 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schoonmaker, George C. |
| Rissinger, Charles 1 | 12-059-02380 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oliver, John |
| Reisinger 1 | 12-059-02279 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tri-State Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Hoffman 1 | 12-059-02309 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tri-State Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Gross, R.A. 1 | 12-059-00634 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ervin Drilling Company |
| Hish, Earl 1A-WIW | 12-059-24807 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.