API 12-025-01913OrphanedOil well
Berlin 3
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Baldwin Don H
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
May 14, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,957 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-01913
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.71653, -88.40868
- State record #
- 120250191300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 85
- Active
- 18
- States
- IL, KY, OH
- As filed
- Baldwin, Don H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaffin, E.V. 2B | 12-191-05448 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Kauble, Joe E. 2 | 12-191-05458 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Gill, P. 1 | 12-191-30136 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wells, Wilbur D. |
| Stanford 1 | 12-191-30448 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Thomas, Carl 1 | 12-191-01783 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stapp, Jack |
| Bayles T O Etal 1 | 12-191-03630 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Skiles Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.