API 12-167-23403OrphanedOil well
Chance 3
Oil well in Sangamon County, Illinois · operated by John Carey 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
Jul 24, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,645 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-167-23403
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Sangamon
- Coordinates
- 39.58326, -89.64791
- State record #
- 121672340300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 104
- Active
- 11
- States
- IL
- As filed
- John Carey Oil Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller, Lester R. 1 | 12-117-00562 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bergschneider, Paul F. |
| Walsh, Edward 1 | 12-135-22326 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones, Russell E. |
| Stieren Farms 1 | 12-135-22325 | Orphaned | Gas | Stieren, Gerald |
| Millburg 1 | 12-135-21819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M. & N. Oil Company |
| Lucas L. 1 | 12-135-01128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stewart Oil Company |
| McWilliams 1 | 12-135-00584 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nonneman, Louis J. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.