API 12-047-01847OrphanedOil well
Kershaw 1
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Noah Fred A & Sons
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, 1945
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,002 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-01847
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.26941, -88.07332
- State record #
- 120470184700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 26
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Noah, Fred A. & Sons
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark 12 | 12-193-04261 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Eason Oil Co. |
| Clark 8 | 12-193-04258 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Eason Oil Co. |
| Kuykendall 3 | 12-193-04175 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Kuykendall 5 | 12-193-07453 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Kuykendall Community 1 | 12-193-07520 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Hughes Community 1 | 12-193-07522 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gallagher, Victor R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.