API 12-051-01798OrphanedOil well
Ford, C. C. 3
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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
May 27, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,418 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-01798
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 38.83440, -88.91108
- State record #
- 120510179800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Trust 2 | 12-121-28004 | Active | Injection | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
| Larry D Bullard 1 | 12-121-25880 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ego Oil Company |
| Purcell 1 | 12-121-27837 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ross, Myron L. |
| John Broom 1 | 12-121-04992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McElyea, Paul W. |
| Bryan 1 | 12-121-01450 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Kerley 1 | 12-121-27836 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ross, Myron L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.