API 12-049-00919OrphanedOil well
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Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Ashland Oil & Refining
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
May 3, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,818 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-00919
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 38.91518, -88.44590
- State record #
- 120490091900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3,332
- Active
- 910
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, NY
- As filed
- Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings W-2A | 12-025-04185 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Kidwell, O. 2-B | 12-025-01889 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCollum & Kincaid Oil Prod., Inc. |
| Murphy - W-17 8 | 12-025-03313 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | McCollum & Kincaid Oil Prod., Inc. |
| Murphy, A. R. 2 | 12-025-03315 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Diamond Oil Expl Co |
| Murphy W-15 | 12-025-03314 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | McCollum & Kincaid Oil Prod., Inc. |
| Murphy, A. R. 3 | 12-025-03316 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Diamond Oil Expl Co |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.