API 12-025-27289OrphanedOther type well
Mearns-Briscoe 1
Other type well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Tri State Exploration
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, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,625 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27289
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Other type(DA)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.70298, -88.54625
- State record #
- 120252728900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 42
- Active
- 7
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Tri-State Exploration, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook 1 | 12-191-00525 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevigny John E |
| Spitzner 1 | 12-191-01731 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schock, W. O. |
| Cisne Clarence 1 | 12-191-05336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, Milton |
| Phillips A 1 | 12-191-05337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Halbert, Ralph C. |
| Phillips A 1-A | 12-191-05338 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Halbert, Ralph C. |
| Talbert, Joseph C. 2 | 12-191-01762 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.