API 12-047-01448OrphanedOil well
Lipper Lydia 6
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
Jun 11, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,068 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-01448
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.39699, -87.97592
- State record #
- 120470144800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schultz 12 | 12-185-01107 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Schroeder etal Community 3 | 12-185-27697 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Monrae Oil & Gas, Ltd. |
| Helm Edith 1 | 12-185-01117 | Orphaned | Injection | C. E. Skiles, Inc. |
| Schroeder 6 | 12-185-28538 | Active | Oil | U. S. Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Schultz 4 | 12-185-01100 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Schultz 7 | 12-185-01103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.