API 12-081-23362OrphanedOil well
Meador "A" 1
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Herley David F
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
Jul 24, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,379 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-23362
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.44815, -88.81801
- State record #
- 120812336200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 184
- Active
- 19
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Herley, David F.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworth, Dorothy 1 | 12-081-01691 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Estate of N.A. Baldridge |
| Burrows Unit 1 | 12-081-01685 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Herley, David F. |
| Wilson, Ray 1 | 12-081-01770 | Other status | Other type | Hughes & Fell Petro. |
| Lowry Ivan 1 | 12-081-01782 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hughes & Fell Petro. |
| Pollock Heirs 1 | 12-081-00570 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kiowa Drilling |
| Smith-Webb 1 | 12-081-00572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kiowa Drilling |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.