API 12-023-02987OrphanedOil well
Tarble 2-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 8, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
454 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-02987
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.42712, -87.92292
- State record #
- 120230298700
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton, H. J. FO22 | 12-035-21476 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Indiana Sanford 14 | 12-035-00949 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Middleton, H. J. (Flood 7) GO-22 | 12-035-00125 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Indiana Sanford 21 | 12-035-00954 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Company |
| Middleton, H. J. GO-22A | 12-035-00056 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Sanford, I. Flood 7 NO22 | 12-035-21825 | Active | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.