API 12-049-01050OrphanedOil well
Shelton, Ed 5
Oil well in Effingham County, Illinois · operated by Carroll Dell
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 28, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,552 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-049-01050
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Effingham
- Coordinates
- 39.12603, -88.79842
- State record #
- 120490105000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 53
- Active
- 7
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Carroll, Dell
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philbrook 2 | 12-051-04323 | Active | Oil | Texill Energy Corp. |
| Kepner, Oscar 1 | 12-051-02799 | Active | Oil | — |
| Horner 2 | 12-051-04316 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee T W |
| Watson & Boyd Community 1 | 12-051-04327 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Evans & Bonner |
| Philbrook, E. 3 | 12-051-02805 | Orphaned | Oil | Extex, Inc. |
| Homan, J. 4-A | 12-051-00793 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.