API 12-025-26209OrphanedOil well
Fancher, E. 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Edwards Ralph 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
Oct 10, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,530 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-26209
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.87823, -88.59740
- State record #
- 120252620900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 53
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Edwards, Ralph H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bircher, M. 1 | 12-025-27280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagen, F. Lowell |
| Beare 1 | 12-025-01338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Everhart, J. William |
| Wolfe, Edd 1 | 12-025-25185 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Britton, Shelby A. & Sylvia |
| Bible 1 | 12-025-28442 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farrar Oil Co., Inc. |
| Aldrich 1 | 12-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lain Oil & Gas Co. |
| Kincaid 1 | 12-025-27957 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ceja Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.