API 12-185-26850OrphanedOil well
Jones, W. 1
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Modern Explorations
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
Oct 29, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,494 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-26850
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.54907, -87.90060
- State record #
- 121852685000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 96
- Active
- 26
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steckler 5 | 12-185-04175 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bauer, Joseph E. |
| Steckler Cleveland 1 | 12-185-04172 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bauer, Joseph E. |
| Calverley 1 | 12-185-00261 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hayes & Wolf Brothers Oil |
| Townsend Ben 1 | 12-185-00178 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dean, R. S. & Morton, ME |
| Mt. Carmel Flood Unit 2-W | 12-185-04166 | Shut-in | Other type | Maru Petroleum, Inc. |
| Mt. Carmel Flood Unit 7 | 12-185-04167 | Active | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.