API 12-119-01283OrphanedOil well
Ellis, Edmund W. 3
Oil well in Madison County, Illinois · operated by Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas
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
Oct 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,345 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-119-01283
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Madison
- Coordinates
- 38.68185, -89.75725
- State record #
- 121190128300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 144
- Active
- 16
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerica Airport LEB C5 | 12-163-30384 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Mid-America Airport LEB C2 | 12-163-30331 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Core Hole 1205 14 | 12-027-03354 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Virgin 1 | 12-027-03324 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Core Hole 1205 17 | 12-027-03349 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Dickhaut Clarence | 12-163-01373 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.