API 12-191-06709OrphanedOil well
Schell S M 5
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
Dec 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,020 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-06709
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.48243, -88.50515
- State record #
- 121910670900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 7
- States
- CO, IL, LA, UT
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Clark 1 | 12-191-01503 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MacDonell Co. of Lima |
| Turner H O Etal 1 | 12-191-01477 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White Eagle Oil |
| Rump Mrs V S 1 | 12-191-00157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weinert, H.H., Estate |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.