API 12-049-22954OrphanedOil well
Maxfield 5
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Tri Star Producing
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 7, 1978
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,132 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-22954
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 39.17533, -88.79363
- State record #
- 120492295400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 82
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Tri-Star Producing, Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welker, John F. 5 | 12-051-04271 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Luttrell & Holleman |
| Welker, John 2 | 12-051-02590 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Welker, John 4A-W | 12-051-00062 | Other status | Other type | Exxon Corporation |
| Welker, John 4 (second | 12-051-02591 | Active | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| McCormick, Emma 8 | 12-051-00928 | Active | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Welker, Helen 8 | 12-051-00923 | Active | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.