API 12-185-00853OrphanedOil well
Parkinson F E 1
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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
May 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,043 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-00853
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.42538, -87.77705
- State record #
- 121850085300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair | IN:152179 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Batson 1 | 12-185-04796 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carroll, Dell |
| Gray Eva Mowery Comm 1 | 12-185-04801 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carroll, Dell |
| Elkins Harold Etal 1 | 12-185-02939 | Active | Oil | Kelley, Conrad & Kaye |
| Gray Walter R 1 | 12-185-00349 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Delta Drilling Co. |
| Elkins, D. Tr. 20 6 | 12-185-04808 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.