API 12-121-00727OrphanedInjection well
Meryman Rw8
Injection well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Sohio Petroleum
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
Jan 1, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,595 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-00727
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Injection(INJW)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.76825, -89.10443
- State record #
- 121210072701
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,203
- Active
- 81
- States
- AL, AR, CA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT
- As filed
- Sohio Petroleum Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemminghaus 1 | 12-027-26880 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Winn, C. R. |
| Hamlin J E 4 | 12-121-03226 | Orphaned | Oil | Texaco, Inc. |
| Hamlin, J. (Tonti Unit) Tr. 2 1 | 12-121-00502 | Orphaned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Branch, C.M. NCR-1 (TR 1) 1 | 12-121-01044 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| 1030 | 12-121-05253 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Hester, Fred 2 | 12-027-02025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jet Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.