API 12-025-26178OrphanedOil well
Manker 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Cache River 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
Jul 16, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,601 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-26178
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.69563, -88.33483
- State record #
- 120252617800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 20
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Cache River Oil Corp.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams 1 | 12-191-28361 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Unknown |
| Shannon Heirs 1 | 12-191-31301 | Orphaned | Other type | Omaha Oil & Gas Ltd. |
| Shannon Geo A 1 | 12-191-00150 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wiser Oil Co., The |
| Rommeiss 2-B | 12-191-31267 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Yates-Molt 1-B | 12-191-07683 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Basin Oil Development Co., Inc. |
| Michels, Hugh 1 | 12-191-01745 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.