API 12-025-25176OrphanedOil well
Franklin, H. 3
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Franklin Woodrow T
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
Jul 20, 1975
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,058 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-25176
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.74950, -88.41067
- State record #
- 120252517600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 37
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Franklin, Woodrow T.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford, W. L. 3 | 12-025-01742 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | East Central Development Co., Inc. |
| Stanford 2 | 12-025-01655 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | East Cent. Dev. Co., Inc |
| Stanford 3 | 12-025-27276 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Pearce, T. 1 | 12-025-27439 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Stanford, W. 2 | 12-025-27226 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Valbert, Flota 1 | 12-025-01221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stewart Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.