API 12-049-23129OrphanedOil well
Walker 1
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Southern Drlg
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 28, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,600 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-23129
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.96610, -88.55340
- State record #
- 120492312900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 5
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Southern Drlg., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee (Obering) 1 | 12-025-03757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Obering, Earnest A. |
| Bamber 1 | 12-025-28152 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Bedwell, J. Ed. 2 | 12-025-03759 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster & Shirk |
| Ranes, Rolla 2 | 12-025-03771 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Webster & Shirk |
| Blair, Hugh 1 | 12-025-01400 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Griffy 1 | 12-025-04584 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crain, Melvin |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.