API 12-027-02180OrphanedOil well
Geary - Criley 5-T
Oil 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
Jan 4, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,023 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-027-02180
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clinton
- Coordinates
- 38.56023, -89.16208
- State record #
- 120270218000
Operator
- 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
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koelling, C. 3 | 12-189-00336 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Waggoner etal, Carol 1 | 12-081-23938 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Dallavia Farms 1 | 12-081-24497 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilbanks Exploration, Inc. |
| Russell 1 | 12-189-24275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prior, John |
| Dallavaia 1 | 12-081-01848 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rutherford, Homer |
| Koelling, C. 5 | 12-189-00330 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.