API 12-055-00398OrphanedOil well
Finite Crown "A" 169
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Gesell S Pump Sales & Service
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
Dec 17, 1997
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,765 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00398
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.98016, -88.93423
- State record #
- 120550039802
Operator
- Wells operated
- 155
- Active
- 92
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Gesell's Pump Sales & Service
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Ben Coal M8-4 | 12-199-23961 | Active | Gas | DeMier Oil Company |
| Minton 1-V | 12-199-01537 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adkins, E. S. |
| Old Ben Coal M15-3 | 12-199-23959 | Active | Gas | DeMier Oil Company |
| Northern Trust Co. 1-A | 12-199-23044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Uhls 1-A | 12-199-01954 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
| Wilson, Bert 1 | 12-199-22638 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson, Bert |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.