API 12-047-24036OrphanedOil well
Anderson Bros 1-C
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Viking 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
Aug 30, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,960 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-24036
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.54000, -88.00943
- State record #
- 120472403600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 181
- Active
- 28
- States
- CA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, UT
- As filed
- Viking Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxe Lloyd 1-C | 12-047-01964 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whitmer Lloyd |
| Tennis 1 | 12-185-04472 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Berberich, Mary 5-EOR | 12-185-28568 | Active | Injection | Small & Small, Inc. |
| Ankenbrandt Charles 1 | 12-185-01589 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | M & M Drilling Corp |
| North Maud Unit Tract 5 W-3 | 12-185-01572 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Peter, Martin 2 | 12-185-02036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miami Operating Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.