API 12-047-22715OrphanedOil well
Miller-Shelby Unit 1
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Terrell William
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
Feb 24, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,375 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22715
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.46655, -88.08852
- State record #
- 120472271500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Terrell, William
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works, G. J. (Works Unit) 5 | 12-047-00120 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Superior Oil Company, The |
| Works G J 3 | 12-047-00118 | Orphaned | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
| Works G J 6 | 12-047-00121 | Orphaned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Frankland, Leo 1 | 12-047-23579 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maybe Oil, Inc. |
| Conover Oscar M 1 | 12-047-01495 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| Klemick S 2 | 12-191-30612 | Active | Oil | Runyon Oil Exploration |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.