API 12-055-00486OrphanedOil well
Orient Coal R-3
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Adkins Es
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
2,133 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00486
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.97530, -88.94810
- State record #
- 120550048600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 87
- Active
- 8
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Adkins, E. S.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine No 15 1 | 12-199-01204 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Old Ben Coal Co. |
| Humphrey's 1-A | 12-199-01934 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
| Madison 3 | 12-199-02389 | Active | Oil | Bufay Oil Company |
| Harris, Harvey 1 | 12-199-02456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Old Ben Coal 2 | 12-199-23366 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Lindsay-Clayton "0" 1 | 12-199-02462 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.