API 12-049-01037OrphanedOil well
Phillips 3
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Jones & Simpson Drlg
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
Feb 28, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,514 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-01037
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 39.12975, -88.79903
- State record #
- 120490103700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 22
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Jones & Simpson Drlg.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith, M. J. 468 | 12-051-25869 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corporation |
| Griffith, M.J. 466 | 12-051-25868 | Active | Injection | Exxon Corporation |
| Griffith, M. J. 464 | 12-051-25867 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corporation |
| Griffith, M. J. 462 | 12-051-25866 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corporation |
| Buff S 1 | 12-051-00790 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Homans 1-B | 12-051-04330 | Orphaned | Injection | Jarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.