API 12-023-00991OrphanedOil well
Gard O-4
Oil well in Clark County, Illinois · operated by Dw Franchot &
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
Nov 1, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
312 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-00991
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OILP)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.34305, -87.96598
- State record #
- 120230099100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 91
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL, NY, PA
- As filed
- D. W. Franchot & Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Hubert W-3 | 12-023-01647 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Froderman, G.H. & Connelly, Everett |
| Bennett, Ralph 2-P | 12-023-01402 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Froderman, G.H. & Connelly, Everett |
| Higginbotham 1 | 12-023-01404 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teter, T. C. |
| Bennett, F. E. O-7 | 12-023-02084 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conley & Froderman |
| Bailey, Roscoe 2 | 12-023-01217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bennett, J. C. |
| Bennett, R. O-4 | 12-023-00371 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Froderman, G.H. & Connelly, Everett |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.