API 12-055-01702OrphanedOil well
Newbury 1-1
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Lewis Will I
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
Sep 1, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,699 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-01702
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.75783, -89.08483
- State record #
- 120550170200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 80
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Lewis, Will I.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch, L. A. 3 | 12-121-03212 | Active | Oil | Slagter, Arthur J., Jr. |
| Branch, L. A. 2 | 12-121-03211 | Active | Oil | Slagter, Arthur J., Jr. |
| Stein L 7 | 12-121-01203 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southwestern Oil & Gas |
| Warfield 5 | 12-121-01210 | Active | Oil | Southwestern Oil & Gas |
| Branch 6 | 12-121-03215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter, Arthur J., Jr. |
| Branch, L. A. 6-A | 12-121-27706 | Active | Oil | Goose Creek Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.