API 12-191-04840OrphanedOil well
McCracken, J. A. 3-A
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Pure 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
Jul 29, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,115 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-04840
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.55617, -88.32315
- State record #
- 121910484001
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,920
- Active
- 231
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Pure Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray, O.H. 5-D | 12-191-03033 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Podolsky, Bernard |
| McDaniel F H 1 | 12-191-00750 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mohawk Drilling Co |
| Marshall 4 | 12-191-06275 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bander, Joe |
| Marshall C T 2 | 12-191-01221 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Toler, W. W. Drlg. Corp. |
| Marshall 10 | 12-191-06281 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bander, Joe |
| Courtright W E 3 | 12-191-03336 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Slape, Don Drilling Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.