API 12-025-02648OrphanedOil well
Franklin Heirs 2
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Mcbride Wc
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
Oct 2, 1951
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,615 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-02648
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.72223, -88.41348
- State record #
- 120250264800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 559
- Active
- 119
- States
- IL, KY, MT
- As filed
- McBride, W. C. Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith 1 | 12-025-27617 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miller, Marion F Prod Co |
| Evans, Hubert 1 | 12-025-02370 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Minor, F. M. Drilling Company |
| Pierce R H 6 | 12-025-00118 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Wdside Schl Consol-Scrugham, Laura 4 | 12-025-04651 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
| Ellis 1 | 12-191-07867 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carey, John Oil Co., Inc |
| Pierce, R. H. 7 | 12-025-00875 | Active | Injection | Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.