API 12-121-04103OrphanedOil well
Maxwell L 5B
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Texas Company The
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
1,867 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-04103
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.58247, -89.01720
- State record #
- 121210410300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,032
- Active
- 125
- States
- IL, MT
- As filed
- Texas Company, The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copple J H Hrs 1 | 12-081-01886 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stephans A J |
| Brooks 5 | 12-081-02465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dare, Leo |
| Copple Norman 1 | 12-081-00134 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Frazier 2 | 12-081-25117 | Active | Oil | TMC Oil, Inc. |
| Brooks 2-A | 12-081-01464 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dare, Leo |
| Brooks 3 | 12-081-01447 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dare, Leo |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.