API 12-051-01449OrphanedOil well
Force, Orville 7
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Lesh Db Drilling
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 1, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,635 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01449
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.11620, -88.82082
- State record #
- 120510144900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 33
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL, MI
- As filed
- Lesh, D. B. Drilling
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alwardt, W. 1 | 12-049-24724 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John Schofield Energy Co. |
| Neathery Tr. 5 18 | 12-051-28337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P & M Oil, Inc. |
| Beathery, O. 16 | 12-051-02161 | Other status | Other type | Extex, Inc. |
| Schaub 2 | 12-051-26144 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ogoco, Inc. |
| Eldridge, G. 1 | 12-051-00719 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Company, The |
| Eldridge, G. 2 | 12-051-02134 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Company, The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.