API 12-047-22790OrphanedOil well
Deischer 2
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Modern Explorations
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 25, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,416 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22790
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.48816, -88.12735
- State record #
- 120472279000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 96
- Active
- 26
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Et Al Unit 2 | 12-047-23807 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McDowell Bros. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Bosecker 1 | 12-047-24254 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bi-Petro, Inc. |
| Nadine Wolfe 1 | 12-047-22406 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, Charles C. |
| Jarvis V D 1 | 12-047-01063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jarvis, Vernon D. |
| Mounts C R 1 | 12-191-03515 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, Alva C. Drilling Co. |
| Hortin Phillip 2 | 12-047-00652 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Engle, George S. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.