API 12-101-05823OrphanedOil well
Ryan Etal 22
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Marathon 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
May 22, 1963
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,692 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-05823
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.68645, -87.71050
- State record #
- 121010582300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8,999
- Active
- 2,695
- States
- AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WV, WY
- As filed
- Marathon Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey, Jim 3 | 12-185-28364 | Active | Oil | Hudson, Larry A. |
| Abell Edward F 1 | 12-185-01891 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | IL Oil Co. |
| Case, Theodore 2 | 12-185-01893 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Coy Oil, Inc. |
| Hershey R 1 | 12-185-00144 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bailor, W. E. |
| Case T M 5 | 12-185-01894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gopher Drilling Corp |
| Smith & Nigh 1 | 12-185-04029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nigh, S. R. Drlg. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.