API 12-047-24705OrphanedOil well
Lester 4
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Dee Drilling
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 18, 2006
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,300 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-24705
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.32927, -88.14576
- State record #
- 120472470500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 343
- Active
- 148
- States
- IL, KY, MI
- As filed
- Dee Drilling Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard 1 | 12-193-33682 | Active | Oil | Campbell Energy, LLC |
| Howard Ely 2-A | 12-193-28701 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pessina, Louis A. |
| Rankin Charles J 1 | 12-193-07976 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | VanDenBark, Inc. |
| Sturm, W. 1 | 12-193-30052 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reserve Petroleum Corp. |
| Ely, Howard "B" 2 | 12-193-31296 | Active | Oil | Pessina, Louis A. |
| Ely Howard 1-A | 12-193-08003 | Orphaned | Oil | Pessina, Louis A. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.