API 12-191-29363OrphanedOil well
Weis Comm. 1
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Schmitt Donald E
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
Jun 17, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,353 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-29363
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.35021, -88.32358
- State record #
- 121912936300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 75
- Active
- 17
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Schmitt, Donald E.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott, Ivan 5 | 12-193-32195 | Orphaned | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Mill Shoals Flood Ut 2-S | 12-193-28748 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Stahl. C. 1 | 12-193-29167 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fulk, Perry |
| Pollard, C. 3 | 12-193-03617 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Rister, Floyd 1 | 12-193-30770 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zanetis, Steve A. Drlg. & Prod. |
| Pollard, Lawrence 1 | 12-193-00211 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Less, John R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.