API 12-191-05128OrphanedOil well
Cox Ed 2
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Freeman & Duncan
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 11, 1945
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,157 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-05128
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.46890, -88.28798
- State record #
- 121910512800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill, A.B. 1 | 12-191-28365 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, Wayne Operator, Inc. |
| Newman 1 | 12-191-03209 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Partlow & Cochonour |
| Johnson & Mann 1 | 12-191-07088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cooper, Howard L. |
| Duke Noah 1 | 12-191-01579 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Indiana Farm Bureau Coop. Assoc. |
| Noah Duke 2 | 12-191-28716 | Orphaned | Oil | Runyon Oil Exploration |
| Etheridge V P 1 | 12-191-01543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Noah, Fred A. & Sons |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.