API 12-117-23308OrphanedGas well
Brown, Melvin 6
Gas well in Macoupin County, Illinois · operated by Smtv
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 22, 1989
Plug date
—
Total depth
374 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-117-23308
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- County
- Macoupin
- Coordinates
- 39.17264, -89.98576
- State record #
- 121172330800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 53
- Active
- 1
- States
- IL
- As filed
- S.M.T.V., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schreier 2-A | 12-117-21566 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bennett, I. R. |
| Schreier 6-A | 12-117-21805 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bennett, I. R. |
| Sawyer 1 | 12-117-00794 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson, Carline |
| Mesenheimer, 1 | 12-117-00763 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brady, Jack J. |
| Sawyer 1 | 12-117-00687 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cahill & Smith |
| Sawyer 1 | 12-117-00863 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maier, Paul H. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.