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API 12-029-23271OrphanedOil well

Udell 5

Oil well in Coles County, Illinois · operated by Schaefer Oil

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

Jan 13, 1986

Plug date

Total depth

2,490 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-029-23271
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Coles
Coordinates
39.40973, -88.39780
State record #
120292327100

Operator

Schaefer Oil

Wells operated
179
Active
16
States
CA, IL
As filed
Schaefer Oil Company

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Starwalt, Charles 112-035-23117Plugged & abandonedOther typeAtlas Oil Company, Inc.
Ballinger 112-035-01016Plugged & abandonedOther typeRoman, Ronald P.
Young, William 112-173-00517Plugged & abandonedOther typeGeorge & Wrather Oil
McClory, Anna 112-173-01045Plugged & abandonedOther typeGulf Refining Company
Miller, John C. 112-035-00085Plugged & abandonedOther typeJarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc.
Wilson 112-035-00005Plugged & abandonedOther typeJarvis Brothers

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.