API 12-121-03653OrphanedOil well
Shanafelt, D. A. 20 Salem T
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by The Texas
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, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,825 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-03653
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.60383, -88.99385
- State record #
- 121210365300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,399
- Active
- 250
- States
- AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
- As filed
- The Texas Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce, M.A. 1 | 12-121-01837 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Dull, Joe A. |
| Bruce, M. A. Etal 1 | 12-121-01768 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Higgins & Whittinghill |
| March, M. 1 | 12-121-01441 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Floreen, A. R. |
| Boggs, L. Community 2 | 12-121-03109 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stephans, A. & Teter, T. |
| Irwin 3 | 12-121-03116 | Orphaned | Injection | Stephans, A. & Teter, T. |
| Myers 1 | 12-121-00456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duncan, Walter Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.