API 12-191-28814OrphanedOil well
Cooper 3
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Sherman Ernest
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 19, 1976
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,305 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-28814
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.35468, -88.21435
- State record #
- 121912881400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 152
- Active
- 21
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Sherman, Ernest
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams B B 1 | 12-193-03772 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Endicott Etal 1 | 12-193-03770 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fisher, Charles E., Jr. |
| Williams Ben 1 | 12-193-00162 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | New Penn Development Corp. |
| Brown, Pava 1 | 12-193-29235 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Lamont 1-27 | 12-193-32544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Lamont 1 | 12-193-02128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis, Alva C. Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.