API 12-051-01447OrphanedOil well
Gehle 1
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Kewanee Oil & Gas
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
Jul 8, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
4,527 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01447
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 38.87792, -88.92387
- State record #
- 120510144700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 184
- Active
- 35
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow, Anna Etal 1 | 12-121-01992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Powell & Rea |
| Schoonover 1 | 12-121-01643 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claypool, David N. |
| Schoonover 1 | 12-121-27464 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rose, Hubert W. |
| Schoonover 2 | 12-121-27333 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones, Roger M. |
| Brimberry Community 1 | 12-121-27348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones, Roger M. |
| Schoonover 2-A | 12-121-27839 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones, Roger M. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.