API 12-047-01405OrphanedOil well
Racster, Fred 1
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Witt W Earl
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
Jul 1, 1947
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,191 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-01405
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.42477, -88.01323
- State record #
- 120470140501
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Witt, W. Earl
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson-Schroeder Comm. 2 | 12-185-04903 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Richardson Mary 1-A | 12-185-02276 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Kurtz, Albert L. 2 | 12-185-02296 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mt. Carmel Drilling Company |
| Richardson-Schroeder 3 | 12-185-28592 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Kurtz/Raber GYV-PP10#3 | 12-185-28759 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Seigert L 1 | 12-047-02064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zanetis,John M.Estate of |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.