API 12-059-01849OrphanedOil well
Mobley Wm 4
Oil well in Gallatin County, Illinois · operated by Knight Paul S
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
Nov 1, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,971 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-059-01849
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Gallatin
- Coordinates
- 37.90145, -88.15110
- State record #
- 120590184900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 63
- Active
- 13
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Knight, Paul S.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider Heirs 3 | 12-059-01218 | Active | Injection | Nichols Operating, LLC |
| Hish Frank 1-A | 12-059-02807 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O'Neal, C. E. & Co. |
| Drone 2 | 12-059-02813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tamarack Petroleum Co. |
| Galt 1 | 12-059-02490 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minton, Omar W. Jr. |
| Smith 1 | 12-059-02480 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minton Omar W Jr |
| Smith Frank 1 | 12-059-01934 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Goad, E. E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.