API 12-023-27491OrphanedOil well
Smith 16-M
Oil well in Clark County, Illinois · operated by Ashley Oil
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
Feb 10, 2015
Plug date
—
Total depth
353 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-27491
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.42892, -87.99040
- State record #
- 120232749100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 210
- Active
- 116
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Ashley Oil, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Sanford 24 | 12-035-00956 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Hayes, W. H. 36 | 12-035-00945 | Active | Injection | Pure Oil Company |
| Queen, C. M. 1 NP | 12-035-21549 | Orphaned | Oil | Bell, Kenneth C. |
| Indiana Sanford 16 | 12-035-00950 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Chrysler, W. H. 54 | 12-035-00912 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Hartman, J.C. 7 | 12-023-02201 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.