API 12-121-01119OrphanedOil well
Matthew Young Heirs 23
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois
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
Oct 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,068 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-01119
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.59702, -89.00795
- State record #
- 121210111900
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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Claim your operator profileNearby wells
| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McBride 1 | 12-121-01510 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frazier & Stephens |
| Sinclair-Crocker Community 1 | 12-121-26579 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bailey, Cecil E. |
| Kell 1 | 12-121-01507 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy, William R. |
| Boggs Heirs 2 | 12-121-03104 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Stephans A V |
| Vangilder 2 | 12-121-03119 | Active | Oil | Frazier C E |
| Hester 2 | 12-121-26737 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sherman, Ernest |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.