API 12-047-23406OrphanedOil well
Walker-Crackel 2
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Hocking Oil
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
May 12, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,150 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-23406
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.37677, -87.99565
- State record #
- 120472340600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 195
- Active
- 40
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hocking Oil Company, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmittler Frank 4 | 12-047-00635 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morris, E. H. |
| Schmittler Frank 4 | 12-047-01867 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Yingling Oil & Mng |
| Schmittler, Frank 5 | 12-047-01868 | Active | Oil | Trey Exploration, Inc. |
| Schmittler 1 | 12-047-01864 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Duncan-Yingling Oil |
| Schmittler, Frank 1-A | 12-047-22536 | Active | Oil | Petro-Halogen Corp. |
| Kinsall 1 | 12-047-01845 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Parks & York Drlg. Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.