API 12-165-26277OrphanedGas well
Motsinger 2
Gas well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Mid Continent Methane
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
Jul 26, 1996
Plug date
—
Total depth
901 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-165-26277
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(CBMP)
- County
- Saline
- Coordinates
- 37.75988, -88.68111
- State record #
- 121652627700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 13
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Mid-Continent Methane, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold 1 | 12-199-01104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown-Wade-Walter |
| Arnold, T. 1 | 12-199-00999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Star Oil |
| Monitor Test Hole 1 | 12-165-27133 | Other status | Other type | Scarlet Eco Soulutions LLC |
| Barger Hiram 1 | 12-165-02399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smokey Oil Co. |
| Hahn, Clinton 2 | 12-165-23944 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A. B. Barrow |
| Stonefort Corp. 1 | 12-199-01876 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashland Oil & Refining Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.