API 12-191-07181OrphanedOil well
Jones Ethel May 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Stanford Oil & Gas
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, 1952
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,241 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-07181
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.31653, -88.17808
- State record #
- 121910718100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 26
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones John P 3 | 12-193-03995 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Lesh, D. B. Drilling |
| Piland, Glen A. 1 | 12-193-29226 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, J. D. |
| Bryant 1-8 | 12-193-32027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jasper Oil Producers, Inc. |
| Rister J A Etal 1 | 12-193-07231 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Athene Development Co. |
| Jones, Lillie 2 | 12-193-29400 | Other status | Other type | IL Basin Petr. Dev. Corp |
| Jones John P 1 | 12-193-07509 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Falese Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.