API 12-047-23487OrphanedOil well
Ridgely 1
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Podolsky Bernard
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
Jan 28, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,894 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-23487
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.56223, -88.00970
- State record #
- 120472348700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 271
- Active
- 115
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Podolsky, Bernard
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Martin 2 | 12-185-00966 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hayes & Wolf Brothers Oil |
| Ankerbrand W-3 | 12-185-04265 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Mason M J 1 | 12-047-00705 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baines, Don Drlg. Co. |
| Colyer, Gilbert 1-B | 12-047-22363 | Active | Oil | Saxe, Edward J. |
| Tippy, Paul 3 | 12-047-23113 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schofield, John Energy Co. |
| Mills, I. 2 | 12-047-24669 | Other status | Other type | Tide Water Associated Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.