API 12-025-26397OrphanedOil well
Berlin, C. E. 5
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Baldwin Don H
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 17, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,530 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-26397
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.71582, -88.41130
- State record #
- 120252639700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 85
- Active
- 18
- States
- IL, KY, OH
- As filed
- Baldwin, Don H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill, Roy 2-A | 12-191-32544 | Active | Oil | Sumner, Rick Oil Properties |
| Obrecht, Mayme 1 | 12-191-05495 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Obrecht 5-A | 12-191-32480 | Active | Oil | Sumner, Rick Oil Properties |
| Cook 2-A | 12-191-08129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Booth, Charles E. |
| Cook Larkin P 4 | 12-191-05198 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Banker Sch Cons-Hosselton, Carl WS-1 | 12-191-04405 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.