API 12-049-01040OrphanedOil well
Priess Comm. 2
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Yakey & Troop
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
Feb 14, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,563 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-01040
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 39.12343, -88.80162
- State record #
- 120490104000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinton, Lowell 2 | 12-051-02837 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Troop, R. H. Etal |
| Schaub, Sam 1-B | 12-051-01337 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox Abbott |
| Hinton, Lowell 1 | 12-051-02836 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lesh, D. B. Drilling |
| Wantland, N. 1 | 12-051-02812 | Orphaned | Oil | Extex, Inc. |
| Schaub 1 | 12-051-00156 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Deep Rock Oil Corp |
| Schaub, Cecil 1 | 12-051-02848 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Canter Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.