API 12-049-00470OrphanedOil well
Mellendorf, Walter 1
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Macgregor Buron
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 12, 1952
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,914 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-00470
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.91732, -88.45770
- State record #
- 120490047001
Operator
- Wells operated
- 22
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- MacGregor, Buron
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bible, Grover 1 | 12-025-01707 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Keystone Oil Company |
| Stanley, F. 1 | 12-025-04950 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McKinney Oil Producer, Inc. |
| Daugherty 1 | 12-025-01117 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farrar Drilling Company |
| Montoney 1 | 12-025-01734 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Keystone Oil Company |
| McCollum B-1 | 12-025-01771 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eagle Exploration |
| Tolliver 1 | 12-025-01774 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keystone Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.