API 12-025-02716OrphanedOil well
Armstrong, M. 4
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 9, 1951
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,955 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-02716
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.72048, -88.41822
- State record #
- 120250271600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill, Rex 1-A | 12-191-29099 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Partlow & Cochonour |
| Gill Rex 1 | 12-191-03795 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frontier Petro Co |
| Ellis 2 | 12-191-07944 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carey, John Oil Co., Inc |
| Anderson E W 1 | 12-191-00064 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Gill, Rex 2 | 12-191-05466 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Partlow & Cochonour |
| Gill Rex 1 | 12-191-05465 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Partlow & Cochonour |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.