API 12-121-26525OrphanedOil well
Crain Galen 1
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Shakespeare Oil
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
Aug 20, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,325 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-26525
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.50645, -88.82285
- State record #
- 121212652500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 950
- Active
- 362
- States
- CO, IL, KS, KY, MI, MT, ND, OH
- As filed
- Shakespeare Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byars Geo 1 | 12-081-01565 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter, James E. |
| Shelton 2 | 12-081-01598 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | IL Lease Operating |
| Snodsmith Ralph 3 | 12-081-01573 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hurt, James T. |
| Miller-Renshaw 1 | 12-081-24623 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oil Prod. Assoc., Inc. |
| Young Heirs 1 | 12-081-01624 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hurt, James T. |
| Meyer, George 1 | 12-081-23361 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmers Crude Production Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.