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API 12-027-00485OrphanedInjection well

Copple, E. (Centralia WF Unit) 34-W

Injection well in Clinton County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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

Dec 1, 1955

Plug date

Total depth

1,370 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-027-00485
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Injection(INJ)
County
Clinton
Coordinates
38.56528, -89.16868
State record #
120270048501

Operator

Shell Oil

Wells operated
4,222
Active
139
States
AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
Shell Oil Company

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Bates D I 112-081-00300Plugged & abandonedOther typeAlgona Oil, Inc.
Core Hole 3112-189-24683Other statusOther typeGulf Oil Corporation
Koelling C 112-189-00359ActiveInjectionMagnolia Petroleum Company
Holle Herman 112-189-00361ActiveOilPowell & Risk
Holle Herman 212-189-00199ActiveOilPowell & Risk
Holle 4-Swd12-189-00360ActiveInjectionThompson, George A.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.