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API 12-117-22570OrphanedOther type well

Alford 1

Other type well in Macoupin County, Illinois · operated by Greater Mid West 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

Feb 2, 1984

Plug date

Total depth

220 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-117-22570
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Other type(DA)
County
Macoupin
Coordinates
39.39886, -89.76527
State record #
121172257001

Operator

Greater Mid West Oil

Wells operated
55
Active
15
States
IL
As filed
Greater Mid-West Oil Co., Inc.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Tetzlaff, 112-117-01472Plugged & abandonedOther typePresley, Donald
1312-135-00035Plugged & abandonedOther typeCrawford A W
Hauer, C.12-117-00074Other statusOther typeIbbetson Schell Oil
Denby, Helen Burk 112-117-01042Plugged & abandonedOther typeWhite Edgar
Blackburn University 112-117-22792Plugged & abandonedOther typeDEC Oil & Gas Co.
Denby 312-117-00907Plugged & abandonedOther typeK & W Development Co

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.