API 12-047-24518OrphanedOil well
Weir 4
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Ritter 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
Jan 12, 2004
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,392 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-24518
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.53238, -88.05545
- State record #
- 120472451800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 11
- Active
- 7
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Ritter Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman, V. K. 2 | 12-191-03198 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Skiles Oil Corporation |
| Nile-Bunting 1-A | 12-047-24277 | Orphaned | Oil | McDowell Bros. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Pierce et al Unit 1 | 12-047-24182 | Active | Oil | McDowell Bros. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Smith Geo E 1 | 12-047-00305 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Company |
| Bunnage 1 | 12-191-32760 | Orphaned | Other type | Hughes Energy, Inc. |
| Keepes Joe B 1 | 12-185-02595 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shure Oil Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.