API 12-121-00784OrphanedOil well
Meryman 14
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
Jan 1, 1937
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,421 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-00784
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.76337, -89.10127
- State record #
- 121210078400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 178
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL, KY, MS, OH, PA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seidel, Richard 1 | 12-121-05343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hays, Rodgers W. |
| Chance 1 | 12-121-02068 | Active | Oil | Holsapple & Pursley |
| Chance-Bachman Comm 1 | 12-121-04973 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Holsapple & Pursley |
| 1027 | 12-121-05250 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Tonti Unit Tract 1 (Branch Nct-1) 3 | 12-121-01516 | Active | Injection | The Texas Company |
| Hamlin, J.E. Tract 2 10 | 12-121-01351 | Orphaned | Oil | The Texas Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.