API 12-029-00597OrphanedOil well
Mercer 2
Oil well in Coles County, Illinois · operated by Kuykendall Drilling
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
Oct 1, 1957
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,826 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-029-00597
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Coles
- Coordinates
- 39.61068, -88.40431
- State record #
- 120290059700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 18
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Kuykendall Drilling Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henne Comm. 1 | 12-029-00313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Luttrell & Simpson |
| Rand 1 | 12-029-01055 | Active | Oil | Cascade Refining Co |
| Metcalf 1 | 12-029-01054 | Active | Oil | Luttrell & Simpson |
| Conrad Comm. 2 | 12-029-01030 | Active | Oil | Troop, R. H. |
| Swanson, J. 2 | 12-029-01057 | Shut-in | Other type | Blalack, Joe |
| Van Laningham-Bates Comm. 2 | 12-029-01068 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Luttrell & Simpson |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.