API 12-047-23801OrphanedOil well
Fieber "W" 5
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by French Creek
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
Oct 22, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,160 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-23801
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.27655, -88.04102
- State record #
- 120472380100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 12
- States
- IL
- As filed
- French Creek Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitton, E. M. 14 | 12-193-04707 | Active | Injection | Equinox Oil Company |
| Westfall-Fitton Unit 1 | 12-193-04783 | Active | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Fitton, E.M. 11 | 12-193-04704 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Fitton-"A"-Jacobs Community 1 | 12-193-03444 | Orphaned | Other type | Conyers Oil Well Service |
| Donald Mary S 3 | 12-193-00267 | Active | Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Jacobs E S 2 | 12-193-04778 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gallagher, Victor R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.