API 12-121-04749OrphanedOil well
Meryman 9
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
1,445 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-04749
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.76577, -89.10287
- State record #
- 121210474900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 178
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL, KY, MS, OH, PA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch, C.M. Nct-1 Tract 1 | 12-121-03209 | Orphaned | Injection | The Texas Company |
| Hamlin, J. E. 8 | 12-121-03229 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco, Inc. |
| Beach T R 1 | 12-121-01399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richland Oil, Inc. |
| Bachman-Chance Comm. 1 | 12-121-04979 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Holsapple & Pursley |
| Hite, Roy 1 | 12-121-01810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hamminghaus, Christ 1 | 12-027-01395 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doran, Paul |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.