API 12-051-02109OrphanedOil well
Smail, Wm. 18
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Gulf Refining
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
Feb 1, 1940
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,619 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-02109
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 38.92328, -88.92815
- State record #
- 120510210900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,063
- Active
- 130
- States
- AL, AR, IL, KY, MI, MS
- As filed
- Gulf Refining Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbina 2 | 12-121-26998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gentry,R. & Charlton,J. |
| Williams-Hammer Comm. 1 | 12-121-05514 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Urbina, Raul 1-A | 12-121-26885 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gentry Oil |
| O'Dell etal 1 | 12-121-27415 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Potter, Lawrence E. |
| O'Donley, Clifford 1 | 12-121-01980 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Redwine, Nash |
| Jones G F 1 | 12-121-01465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.