API 12-167-23338OrphanedOil well
Pfeiffer 1
Oil well in Sangamon County, Illinois · operated by John Carey 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
Nov 22, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,716 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-167-23338
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Sangamon
- Coordinates
- 39.81821, -89.46227
- State record #
- 121672333800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 104
- Active
- 11
- States
- IL
- As filed
- John Carey Oil Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kunz 1 | 12-167-01067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homeier, John |
| Smelley 1 | 12-167-00878 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homeier Oil Associates |
| Simpson, Elmer 1 | 12-167-01297 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homeier, John |
| Patterson Comm. 1-L | 12-167-26363 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lockwood, Ronald G. |
| Meyer 1 | 12-167-01269 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Centurian Oil, Inc. |
| Klemaier 1 | 12-167-00588 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Babiak, Jr., Frank |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.