API 12-047-22967OrphanedOil well
West Salem Community 5
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 25, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,120 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22967
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.51605, -88.00462
- State record #
- 120472296700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 103
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Yockey, Frank
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert A-1 | 12-047-24913 | Active | Oil | Fischer & Fischer Oil, LLC |
| Shaw, H. 1 | 12-047-22951 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Royse & Forsythe Ltd. Pa |
| Crome 1 | 12-047-01054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inglis, Jack Oil Prop. |
| Bunting Heirs 1 | 12-047-23635 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Twin Star Oil & Gas,Inc. |
| Leslie 1 | 12-047-24749 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rothrock, Edward E. |
| Colyer Phillip 1 | 12-047-24096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D & K Oil Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.