API 12-191-30213OrphanedOil well
Shelton 8
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Fairfield Oil
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, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,360 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-30213
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.30810, -88.23888
- State record #
- 121913021300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 30
- Active
- 9
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Fairfield Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Faye C. 9 | 12-193-30066 | Active | Injection | Ashland Exploration, Inc. |
| Quindry 1 | 12-193-28667 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Quindry A-1 | 12-193-29004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Staley-Brown 1 | 12-193-29224 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
| Fairway 2 | 12-193-28892 | Active | Oil | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
| Kiefer 1 | 12-193-28861 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beeler, Mike Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.