API 12-047-22979OrphanedOil well
West Salem Community 4
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 22, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,940 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22979
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.51822, -88.00558
- State record #
- 120472297900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 103
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Yockey, Frank
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill 1 | 12-185-04475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
| Tanquary Heirs 1 | 12-185-02714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mt. Carmel Drlg. Co. |
| Tanquary Heirs "B" 1 | 12-185-27322 | Active | Oil | Hocking Oil Company, Inc. |
| Tanquary J Etal 4 | 12-185-01266 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fleming, F.J. Drlg Co. |
| Fischer Ira 1 | 12-185-04478 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lambert, Burr |
| Hering, Henry 1-P | 12-185-26305 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro-Search Associates, Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.