API 12-055-01670OrphanedOil well
Smith Comm 1
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Bartmes Ross
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
May 1, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,112 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-01670
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.89753, -88.92403
- State record #
- 120550167000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Bartmes, Ross
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders Rosa | 12-199-00171 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Fuller, R. S. 1 | 12-199-01044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arrow Drilling Co. |
| Pike 1 | 12-199-22659 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Garrett 1 | 12-199-22645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brehm, C. E. Drilling & Prod. |
| Fuller 1 | 12-199-01953 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Internat'l Drlg |
| Winkler 1 | 12-199-23496 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.