API 12-045-01069OrphanedOil well
Baber 5-A
Oil well in Edgar County, Illinois
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
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
319 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-045-01069
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edgar
- Coordinates
- 39.59547, -87.85818
- State record #
- 120450106900
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler 1 | 12-023-03489 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink Et Al |
| Redman 1 | 12-023-02392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink, Earnest |
| Newman 2 | 12-023-01345 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink, Earnest |
| Redmon, John F. 1 | 12-023-03090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R & H Inc. |
| Clapp 1 | 12-023-01275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink, Earnest |
| Wilhoit, Floyd 2 | 12-023-01488 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gray, Henry M. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.