API 12-119-01399OrphanedOil well
Grimm Comm. 4
Oil well in Madison County, Illinois · operated by Obering Earnest A
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 1, 1946
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,793 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-119-01399
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Madison
- Coordinates
- 38.80740, -89.77665
- State record #
- 121190139900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 202
- Active
- 38
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Obering, Earnest A.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keck 1 | 12-119-24292 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Christie & Stewart Drlg. |
| Gannsman, Arthur 1 | 12-119-01269 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tomberlin & Billingsly |
| Kelly, W. R. (N.S.) 12 | 12-119-01228 | Other status | Other type | Enable MS River Transmission |
| Frey, Ralph G. 1 | 12-119-01270 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eason T T & Co |
| Frey, O. O. (N.S.) 8 | 12-119-01213 | Other status | Other type | Enable MS River Transmission |
| Noll, Alvin 1 | 12-119-23162 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ego Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.