API 12-185-27650OrphanedOil well
Earnest 5
Oil well in Wabash County, Illinois · operated by Yockey Frank
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 6, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,790 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-185-27650
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wabash
- Coordinates
- 38.56760, -87.73317
- State record #
- 121852765000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 103
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Yockey, Frank
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmerman Jake 3 | 12-185-05171 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Beeson, Richard W. |
| Steckler | IN:121868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W.B. Bingham | IN:151805 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steckler Heirs | IN:121869 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stein, R. 4 | 12-185-00322 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Zimmerman, J. 5 WI | 12-185-26206 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.