API 12-047-22944OrphanedOil well
West Salem Comm 2
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Yockey Frank
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
Nov 5, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,150 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22944
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.51632, -88.00660
- State record #
- 120472294400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 103
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Yockey, Frank
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirth WS-1 | 12-185-05758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Hill, Laura V. 1 | 12-185-04479 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Skiles, Inc. |
| Hill, C. M. 1 | 12-185-01341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olds Edgar O |
| Odom, Marion 1 | 12-185-02752 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hocking Oil Company, Inc. |
| Tanquary Brothers 1 | 12-185-04481 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morris Drlg Co |
| Tanquary Bros 2 | 12-185-05693 | Active | Oil | Garrett, Howard E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.