API 12-055-02034OrphanedOil well
Montgomery 1-A
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Schaefer Oil
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 27, 1962
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,731 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-02034
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.07805, -89.02097
- State record #
- 120550203400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 179
- Active
- 16
- States
- CA, IL
- As filed
- Schaefer Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valette 2 | 12-055-23134 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| Benton Deep Flood 253-W | 12-055-22687 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| Finite Crown "B" 1 | 12-055-24653 | Orphaned | Other type | Gesell's Pump Sales & Service |
| C W & F Coal Company (Tract RS) 19 | 12-055-01572 | Active | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Benton Flood Unit 25 | 12-055-00522 | Active | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Shell - C.W.& F. Coal Co. Tr. RS 21 | 12-055-01585 | Active | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.