API 12-049-23117OrphanedOil well
Prather 5
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Ladd Petroleum
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
Nov 15, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
6,001 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-23117
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.92428, -88.61943
- State record #
- 120492311700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 443
- Active
- 10
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Ladd Petroleum Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter, J. 1 | 12-025-01693 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reed, H. S. |
| Beasley 1 | 12-025-00715 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Little Wabash Oil Co. |
| Tolliver, L. S. 1 | 12-025-00714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Little Wabash Oil Co. |
| Barbee, Rolla et al 1 | 12-025-01332 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Company |
| Pilcher 1 | 12-025-27557 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Well Services |
| Hawn, Ernest 1 | 12-025-01971 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Starr, J. Curtis |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.