API 12-049-00587OrphanedOil well
Smith 1
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Herley David F
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
Dec 31, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,470 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-00587
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.92313, -88.65108
- State record #
- 120490058701
Operator
- Wells operated
- 184
- Active
- 19
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Herley, David F.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitch, Irma 1 | 12-025-05032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dull, Joe A. |
| Keen 1-B | 12-025-01071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M. & N. Oil Company |
| Lacey 1 | 12-121-01582 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | V. S. & S. Drilling Co. |
| Engel, Don 1 | 12-121-28170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Paragon Oil Company, Inc. |
| Jeffers, Charley et al 1 | 12-025-03205 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
| Pilcher 1 | 12-025-27557 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Well Services |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.