API 12-051-01506OrphanedOil well
Bail, Selby 1
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Carter Oil
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 25, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,586 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01506
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.06308, -88.85828
- State record #
- 120510150600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,966
- Active
- 324
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, MI, MS, MT, ND, UT, WY
- As filed
- Carter Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell, E. 2 | 12-051-02191 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Garver-Marchman 4 | 12-051-01870 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoss, L. B. Trust |
| Kelly etal 2 | 12-051-01853 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Belden, W. L. |
| Maxwell, E. 6 | 12-051-01811 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Texas Company |
| Maxwell, E. 5 | 12-051-02193 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Kelly etal SWD 1 | 12-051-02041 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Belden, W. L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.