API 12-023-03158OrphanedOil well
Tarble 15-B
Oil well in Clark County, Illinois · operated by Zink Earnest
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
Aug 7, 1965
Plug date
—
Total depth
464 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-03158
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.42623, -87.92547
- State record #
- 120230315800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 327
- Active
- 68
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Zink, Earnest
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford, I. Flood 7 PO23 | 12-035-21829 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Kite, G.E. (Casey Pool) H-16 | 12-023-02400 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Well IL:USGSID:IL0195 | IL:USGSID:IL0195 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Goodman Bros. Flood 7 J22 | 12-035-21438 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Fogle ML-6 | 12-023-02234 | Active | Oil | Fogle, M. L. |
| Goodman Brothers SWD 3 | 12-035-00165 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.