API 12-023-03043OrphanedOil well
Tarble Brothers 5-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
Dec 30, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
450 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-03043
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.43142, -87.92570
- State record #
- 120230304300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman, J.C. 16 | 12-023-02204 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Hartman, Leroy Heirs A-11 | 12-023-02337 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Chrysler, M. A. (Lower) 3 | 12-035-00865 | Active | Injection | Pure Oil Company |
| Owen, A. E. 27 | 12-035-00985 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Goodman, Ernest 24 | 12-035-00019 | Shut-in | Other type | Lee Oil Co. |
| Hartman, Leroy Heirs B-11 | 12-023-02336 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.