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API 12-065-00395OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Texaco

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

Sep 1, 1942

Plug date

Total depth

3,134 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-065-00395
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Hamilton
Coordinates
37.96386, -88.53473
State record #
120650039500

Operator

Texaco

Wells operated
10,522
Active
267
States
AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
As filed
Texaco, Inc.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Wiseman 212-165-26603Plugged & abandonedInjectionGallagher Drilling, Inc.
Stevens Clifton 212-165-03122Plugged & abandonedOilSchlafly, H.J. Etal.
Suttner Victor 112-165-00854Plugged & abandonedOther typeBrooks, P. E. Etal
V Suttern 212-165-01401Plugged & abandonedOther typeGeorge & Wrather Oil
Moye L W 212-165-02235Plugged & abandonedOilHoward, Howard E. & Howell, J. V.
Crawford (Northwest Eldorado Unit) 4-WS12-165-02245Plugged & abandonedOther typeShakespeare Oil Co.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.