API 12-101-00765OrphanedOil well
Smith P M 1
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Schaefer James L
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 1, 1955
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,704 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-00765
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.79713, -87.80532
- State record #
- 121010076500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 29
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Schaefer, James L.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillespie, T. P. 52 | 12-101-05269 | Active | Oil | Plains Illinois, Inc. |
| Mills-Calvert 1 | 12-101-29478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Price, Charles Wesley |
| Gillespie, T. P. 73 | 12-101-29189 | Active | Oil | Marathon Oil Company |
| Gould, R. 20 | 12-101-01651 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Company, The |
| Miller W C 1 8-A | 12-101-05597 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Gould, Rebecca 14 | 12-101-09152 | Active | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.