API 12-119-01485OrphanedOil well
Elbring, I. 2
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
Feb 1, 1947
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,738 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-119-01485
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Madison
- Coordinates
- 38.79640, -89.77655
- State record #
- 121190148500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis, Earl H. 3 | 12-119-01279 | Active | Injection | Glover Oilfield Service |
| Ellis, Edmund W. 8 | 12-119-01222 | Active | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. |
| Baer, Huldah M. S-4 | 12-119-00886 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Enable MS River Transmission |
| Kircheis, E.F. s-6 | 12-119-00887 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Core G-14 | 12-119-27814 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Ellis, Beatrice 1 | 12-119-01275 | Active | Oil | Obering, Earnest A. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.