API 12-051-02272OrphanedOil well
Wright 12
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Extex
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
Sep 18, 1995
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,762 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-02272
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 38.91813, -88.91027
- State record #
- 120510227202
Operator
- Wells operated
- 62
- Active
- 32
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Extex, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krug, Otto 1 | 12-121-27714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reward Oil Co. et al |
| Blomberg 1 | 12-121-26353 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blomberg, Don L.&Howard |
| Gigar 1 | 12-121-27082 | Active | Oil | Revelle, Karen S. |
| Gigar Eugene 3 | 12-121-27356 | Active | Oil | Revelle, Karen S. |
| Trader R J 1 | 12-121-26969 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisiana Land & Expl |
| Brasel 3 | 12-121-28203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.