API 12-121-05223OrphanedOil well
Phelps 2-C
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Illinois Lease Operating
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
Sep 14, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,165 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-05223
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.49257, -88.98750
- State record #
- 121210522300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 25
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spangler, Jacob 1 | 12-081-00313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yingling Bros |
| Piercy 1 | 12-081-02174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams, H. S. |
| Sargent, Eugene 1 | 12-081-22975 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collins Brothers Oil Company |
| Flannigan 1 | 12-081-23510 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gentles, Albert |
| Gentles 1 | 12-081-23504 | Orphaned | Other type | Gentles, Albert |
| Heaton, George 1 | 12-081-00312 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Intra-State |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.