API 12-101-00706OrphanedOil well
Smith-Nigh 2
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Nation Oil Company The
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
May 3, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,852 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-00706
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.67620, -87.67993
- State record #
- 121010070600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 301
- Active
- 25
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Nation Oil Company, The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springman 2-WI | 12-185-04033 | Active | Injection | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Price Dave 3 | 12-185-04054 | Active | Oil | — |
| Brinkley Etal Comm 1 | 12-185-05044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brinkley, Dale F. |
| Trimble 2 | 12-185-04068 | Other status | Other type | Young Etal |
| Brinkley-Dager Unit 1 | 12-185-02818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morris, E. H. |
| Spidel 10H | 12-185-28360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rothrock, Edward E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.