API 12-101-27863OrphanedOil well
Crackle, W.R. A/C 1 68
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
Sep 23, 1976
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,370 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-27863
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.75407, -87.77759
- State record #
- 121012786300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke 1 | 12-101-03133 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nye & Miller |
| Buchanan Etal 1 | 12-101-06087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Akin, C. 2 | 12-101-06085 | Active | Oil | Brinkley, Dale F. |
| Christy 1 | 12-101-00890 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. T. Drilling Co. |
| Buchanan L A 010 | 12-101-28411 | Active | Oil | Smith, Wayne Operating Co., Inc. |
| Tucker, Edna 1 | 12-101-03152 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reynolds, Earle B. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.