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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

Zink Earnest

Wells operated
327
Active
68
States
IL, KY
As filed
Zink, Earnest

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Hartman, J.C. 1612-023-02204Plugged & abandonedOilForest Oil Corporation
Hartman, Leroy Heirs A-1112-023-02337Plugged & abandonedOilForest Oil Corporation
Chrysler, M. A. (Lower) 312-035-00865ActiveInjectionPure Oil Company
Owen, A. E. 2712-035-00985Plugged & abandonedOilPure Oil Company
Goodman, Ernest 2412-035-00019Shut-inOther typeLee Oil Co.
Hartman, Leroy Heirs B-1112-023-02336Plugged & abandonedOilForest Oil Corporation

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