API 12-055-00427OrphanedOil well
C W & F Coal Sm-4
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Wegener Hh
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 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,165 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00427
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.96523, -88.94578
- State record #
- 120550042700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 16
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Wegener, H. H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Ben Coal 3 | 12-199-23934 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Browning 1 | 12-199-01221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeman United Coal Mining Co. |
| Crown Trust 2 | 12-199-02583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Morris 1 | 12-199-02126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kuzmich, R. W. |
| Ziegler Coal & Coke Company 1-A | 12-199-02101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
| Old Ben 3-B | 12-199-02125 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rehn, E. E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.