API 12-049-00425OrphanedOil well
Etchason 5
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Lynch Phil D
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
Mar 30, 1960
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,450 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-00425
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.91592, -88.61615
- State record #
- 120490042500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 22
- Active
- 5
- States
- IL, WY
- As filed
- Lynch, Phil D.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engel 1 | 12-025-25093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yocum, George F. |
| Smith, Rodney & Melissa 1 | 12-025-28903 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parker Explor. & Prod., L.L.C. |
| Jeffers Community 3 | 12-025-03219 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shulman Bros., Inc. |
| Smith, G. L. et al 1 | 12-025-04763 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilson, R. O., II |
| McCulley 1 | 12-025-00546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hammer, A. J. |
| Nichols 1 | 12-121-02061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McElyea, Paul W. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.