API 12-189-24277OrphanedOil well
Gill 15
Oil well in Washington County, Illinois · operated by Oelze Elmer Jr
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
Jul 20, 1988
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,799 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-189-24277
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Washington
- Coordinates
- 38.23195, -89.40412
- State record #
- 121892427700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 474
- Active
- 251
- States
- IL, OK
- As filed
- Oelze, Elmer Jr.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opp John | 12-145-02749 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Core Hole 14-40 | 12-145-28906 | Other status | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Core Hole 14-42 | 12-145-28908 | Other status | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Brueggemann 1 | 12-145-02520 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Big Chief Drilling |
| Consolidated Coal 1 | 12-145-28474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Knowlton, Tom E. |
| Core Hole 5 | 12-145-02854 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.