API 12-121-28294OrphanedOil well
Geiler 3
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by Prairie Resources
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 20, 2013
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,955 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-28294
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.77614, -88.90936
- State record #
- 121212829400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 47
- Active
- 7
- States
- CO, IL, KS, ND
- As filed
- Prairie Resources, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMackin 7-c SWD | 12-121-04725 | Other status | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Varde 1 | 12-121-01313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Romine Larry |
| Varde 1 | 12-121-01111 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chitonti Oil |
| Gross Wm 1 | 12-121-04714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Absher & Booth |
| Tarter 1 | 12-121-27114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Two Oil |
| Varde 1 | 12-121-04711 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ervin Drilling Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.