API 12-119-01460OrphanedOil well
Kauhl-Straube Comm 1
Oil well in Madison County, Illinois · operated by Schenk Jt
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
Nov 25, 1975
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,760 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-119-01460
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Madison
- Coordinates
- 38.79123, -89.75338
- State record #
- 121190146001
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Schenk J T
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss. River Trans. Corp. | 12-119-26061 | Other status | Other type | Haverstick Well |
| Kircheis, E. F. 1-S | 12-119-00876 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Storage Corp. |
| Kircheis, E. F. O-1 | 12-119-00904 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Storage Corporation |
| Ellis, Earl H. 5 | 12-119-01218 | Active | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. |
| Faires, L. S. 3 | 12-119-01286 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Ellis, Earl H. 2 | 12-119-01278 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.