API 12-051-26586OrphanedOil well
Smith 11
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Belden Wl Trust
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
Jun 10, 1986
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,706 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-26586
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.03313, -88.88747
- State record #
- 120512658601
Operator
- Wells operated
- 90
- Active
- 64
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Belden, W. L. Trust
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snodgrass 1 | 12-051-00698 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hammer, A. J. |
| Smith, Bert 11 | 12-051-02260 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Sherman, H. J. etal |
| Seal, Jeannine 3 | 12-051-26071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Greater Mid-West Oil Co., Inc. |
| Williams, C. T. 21 | 12-051-28389 | Active | Oil | PennTex Resources Illinois, Inc. |
| Williams, C. T. 9 | 12-051-02124 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Company |
| Schwarm, Will D. 1 | 12-051-01501 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jax Oil Corp |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.