API 12-047-00130OrphanedOil well
Wood F Etal 3
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Superior 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
May 1, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,374 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-00130
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.34015, -88.03835
- State record #
- 120470013000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,340
- Active
- 585
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT
- As filed
- Superior Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon, H. L. 6 | 12-193-33129 | Active | Oil | Campbell Energy, LLC |
| Hon B-2 | 12-193-03941 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones, Ivan R. |
| Metcalf Francis 1 | 12-193-02414 | Active | Oil | Bane, T. M. |
| Schmidt Henry 3 | 12-193-03832 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Davis 6 | 12-193-34212 | Active | Oil | Campbell Energy, LLC |
| Metcalf 3 | 12-193-03891 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.