API 12-191-06680OrphanedOil well
Schell S M 4
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by United Producing
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
Sep 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,125 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-06680
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.48190, -88.51107
- State record #
- 121910668000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 7
- States
- CO, IL, LA, UT
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Geo B 1 | 12-191-01895 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Company |
| McDaniels 1 | 12-191-04385 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peake Petroleum |
| Robertson 1 | 12-191-32801 | Active | Oil | Hughes Energy, Inc. |
| Freeland-Seidel 2 | 12-191-30530 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moore Engineering & Production Co. |
| Edmison, Stella 1 | 12-191-00409 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| B Smith 1 | 12-191-01906 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.