API 12-193-02785OrphanedOil well
McGhee-Beard Comm 5
Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Murvin & Steber Drlg
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
Jul 1, 1958
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,217 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-193-02785
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- White
- Coordinates
- 37.91707, -88.27860
- State record #
- 121930278500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 58
- Active
- 5
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schley F B 1 | 12-059-01785 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Petroleum Company |
| Hish Charles 1 | 12-059-02525 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter, James E. |
| Rider-Hish Com 1 | 12-059-02514 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter, James E. |
| Schley F B 1 | 12-059-01243 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Rider 1 | 12-059-02513 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Farrar Oil Co., Inc. |
| Miner Clyde 3 | 12-059-02537 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oil Management, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.