API 12-101-08713OrphanedOil well
Seed, Lydia 3
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
Aug 1, 1909
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,316 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-08713
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.69108, -87.73674
- State record #
- 121010871301
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanman et al Comm. 1 | 12-101-31578 | Active | Oil | Rothrock, Edward E. |
| Walker Wm 3 | 12-101-06075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Malis S Naven Ben |
| Shaw E H 5 | 12-101-02145 | Active | Oil | IL Oil Dev. Co. |
| Cunningham 2 | 12-101-03373 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Simpkins, Joe Oil Development |
| Hershey Albert 2 | 12-101-03378 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moindia Oil Co |
| Hershey 8 | 12-101-03376 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White W R Etal |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.