API 12-193-07356OrphanedOil well
Erkman 1
Oil well in White County, Illinois · operated by Prairie Petroleum
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, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,297 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-193-07356
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- White
- Coordinates
- 38.07290, -88.26978
- State record #
- 121930735600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8
- Active
- 0
- States
- CO, IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobble 4 | 12-193-30857 | Active | Oil | Quad "B" Oil, Inc. |
| Wessel Charles 1-A | 12-193-31047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O'Neal, Gary |
| McCarthy, L. 1 | 12-193-29491 | Orphaned | Other type | Leavell, Dan R. |
| Newcomb, R. N. 1-A | 12-193-06345 | Active | Gas | Johnson, George J. |
| Hoy A 3 | 12-193-07276 | Active | Oil | Tamarack Petroleum Co. |
| McCarthy, L. 2 | 12-193-29492 | Other status | Other type | Leavell, Dan R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.