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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

Van Fossan Oil

Wells operated
277
Active
33
States
IL
As filed
Van Fossan Oil Corp.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Tuttle, Warren D. 112-059-23783Plugged & abandonedOther typeSchoonmaker, George C.
Rissinger, Charles 112-059-02380Plugged & abandonedOther typeOliver, John
Reisinger 112-059-02279Plugged & abandonedOilTri-State Drilling Company, Inc.
Hoffman 112-059-02309Plugged & abandonedOilTri-State Drilling Company, Inc.
Gross, R.A. 112-059-00634Plugged & abandonedOilErvin Drilling Company
Hish, Earl 1A-WIW12-059-24807Plugged & abandonedInjectionShakespeare Oil Co., Inc.

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