API 12-051-00975OrphanedOil well
Thornton, Marie 5
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Carter Oil Co The
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 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,578 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-00975
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.06860, -88.90893
- State record #
- 120510097500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,101
- Active
- 268
- States
- AL, IL
- As filed
- Carter Oil Co., The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright 1 | 12-051-01832 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Belden Brothers Drilling |
| Sapp 1 | 12-051-01814 | Active | Oil | Belden Brothers Drilling |
| Dial, A.F. 1 | 12-051-02187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Stein, C W 2-11 | 12-051-26076 | Orphaned | Other type | Van Fossan Oil Corp. |
| Rexwinkle 1 | 12-051-00336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whisenant & Trenchard |
| Ragel, Willard 1 | 12-051-25974 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | New Spirit, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.