API 12-185-26939OrphanedOil well
Sharp Alvin 4
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Hocking 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 27, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,595 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-26939
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.44549, -87.81349
- State record #
- 121852693900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 195
- Active
- 40
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hocking Oil Company, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon-Schrodt Community 2 | 12-185-02293 | Active | Oil | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| Gray, Albert 8 | 12-185-05078 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Company |
| Schmidt Clarence 1 | 12-185-05301 | Active | Oil | Elliott, F. & Johnson, P |
| Schmidt Clarence 3 | 12-185-05372 | Active | Oil | Elliott, F. & Johnson, P |
| Bunting, Betty Jo 2 | 12-185-26053 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Higgins, Gilbert A. |
| Bunting, Betty Jo 4-WI | 12-185-26060 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Higgins, Gilbert A. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.