API 12-121-00736OrphanedOil well
Meryman 23
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Adams 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
Jul 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,447 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-00736
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.76618, -89.10188
- State record #
- 121210073600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 178
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL, KY, MS, OH, PA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hite, Roy 1 | 12-121-01810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hamminghaus, Christ 1 | 12-027-01395 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doran, Paul |
| Wiedle, Lewis 1 | 12-027-02565 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Torkelson L G |
| Young, Jessie 1 | 12-121-03235 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tex Harvey Oil Co. |
| 1028 | 12-121-05251 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Bachman Bros 1 | 12-121-00505 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tatum, W S |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.